title: Parentage testing in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) using semi-automated fluorescent multiplex PCRs with 10 microsatellite markers.
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess and apply a microsatellite multiplex system for parentage determination in alpacas. An approach for parentage testing based on 10 microsatellites was evaluated in a population of 329 unrelated alpacas from different geographical zones in Perú. All microsatellite markers, which amplified in two multiplex reactions, were highly polymorphic with a mean of 14.5 alleles per locus (six to 28 alleles per locus) and an average expected heterozygosity (H(E)) of 0.8185 (range of 0.698-0.946). The total parentage exclusion probability was 0.999456 for excluding a candidate parent from parentage of an arbitrary offspring, given only the genotype of the offspring, and 0.999991 for excluding a candidate parent from parentage of an arbitrary offspring, given the genotype of the offspring and the other parent. In a case test of parentage assignment, the microsatellite panel assigned 38 (from 45 cases) offspring parentage to 10 sires with LOD scores ranging from 2.19 x 10(+13) to 1.34 x 10(+15) and Delta values ranging from 2.80 x 10(+12) to 1.34 x 10(+15) with an estimated pedigree error rate of 15.5%. The performance of this multiplex panel of markers suggests that it will be useful in parentage testing of alpacas.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear, Lima, Perú,
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agapito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herrera-Velit
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Timoteo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Boettcher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Espinoza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001331:Automation; D002161:Camelids, New World / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic