title: Microsatellite markers for identification and parentage analysis in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is among the most widespread mammal species throughout the old world. Presently, studies concerning microsatellites in domestic pigs and wild boars have been carried out in order to investigate domestication, social behavior and general diversity patterns among either populations or breeds. The purpose of the current study is to develop a robust set of microsatellites markers for parentage analyses and individual identification.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A set of 14 previously reported microsatellites markers have been optimized and tested in three populations from Hungary, Portugal and Spain, in a total of 167 samples. The results indicate high probabilities of exclusion (0.99999), low probability of identity (2.0E(-13) - 2.5E(-9)) and a parentage assignment of 100%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results demonstrate that this set of markers is a useful and efficient tool for the individual identification and parentage assignment in wild boars.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vânia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-González
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández-Llario
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zsolnai
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anton
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buzgó
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: Albano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beja-Pereira
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D056426:Genetic Loci; D005838:Genotype; D006579:Heterozygote; D006814:Hungary; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny; D011174:Portugal; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000235:genetics*; D013552:Swine / Q000235:genetics*