title: Development of SNP markers for individual identification and parentage test in a Japanese black cattle population.
abstract: This study describes the development of efficient single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for individual identification and parentage tests in a Japanese Black cattle population. An amplified fragment length polymorphism method was employed to detect informative candidate markers, and yielded 44 SNP markers from 220 primer combinations. 29 unlinked SNPs were finally selected as diagnostic markers. The allelic frequencies for each marker were estimated by using PCR-RFLP in the Japanese Black population. Based on the frequency data, the estimated identity power of these markers was 2.73 x 10(-12). Parentage exclusion probabilities, when both suspected parents' genotypes were known and when only one suspected parent was genotyped, were estimated as 0.96929 and 0.99693, respectively. This panel of SNP markers is theoretically sufficient for individual identification, and would also be a powerful tool for a parentage test in Japanese Black cattle. The markers could contribute to the management of the beef industry in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watabe
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasazaki
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannen
mesh_terms: D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide