title: Highly characteristic and individual specific telomere length patterns in cattle.
abstract: A combined primed in situ labelling (PRINS)/4',6-diamino-2-phenylindole (DAPI)/propidium iodide (PI)-fluorescence-banding method was used to characterise telomeres, identify their specific chromosomes and visualise neighbouring heterochromatin in 25 artificial insemination (AI) bulls. A highly heterogeneous telomere length pattern was found in cattle. Each bull possessed his own characteristic, specific telomere length pattern.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics, Veterinary University, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria. burkhard.mayr@vu-wien.at
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korb
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oppeneiger
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demetz
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D008297:Male; D020401:Primed In Situ Labeling / Q000662:veterinary; D011419:Propidium; D016615:Telomere / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D011419:Propidium; C007293:DAPI; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate