title: Dog parentage testing using canine microsatellites.
abstract: Canine microsatellites, comprising one to four base pair repeated sequences, were identified as part of a project to generate a genetic linkage map of the dog. They have been used to assign parentage in a range of doubtful paternity cases, for example, all the pups in a litter from a bitch mated on different days to two different stud dogs were identified by DNA analysis to come from one dog only. DNA typing in another case was able to exclude a male dog as the father of a litter. DNA analysis can be of relevance by allowing pedigree dogs, which would have previously been excluded on the basis of unknown paternity, to be registered with the appropriate kennel club.
authors.affiliation: Animal Health Trust, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Binns
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marti
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D010334:Paternity; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D004247:DNA