title: Accurate determination of phenotypic information from historic thoroughbred horses by single base extension.
abstract: Historic DNA data have the potential to identify phenotypic information otherwise invisible in the historical, archaeological and palaeontological record. In order to determine whether a single nucleotide polymorphism typing protocol based on single based extension (SNaPshot™) could produce reliable phenotypic data from historic samples, we genotyped three coat colour markers for a sample of historic Thoroughbred horses for which both phenotypic and correct genotypic information were known from pedigree information in the General Stud Book. Experimental results were consistent with the pedigrees in all cases. Thus we demonstrate that historic DNA techniques can produce reliable phenotypic information from museum specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. mgc32@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Campana
authors.forename: C Mark
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Whitten
authors.forename: Ceiridwen J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Frauke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: Angela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Matthew M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Binns
authors.forename: Graeme W W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: Mim A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bower
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006736:Horses / Q000235:genetics*; D010163:Paleontology / Q000379:methods; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004247:DNA