title: Validation of a single-nucleotide polymorphism panel for parentage testing of farmed red deer.
abstract: Red deer behaviour prevents the accurate physical matching of dams to fawns and, therefore, breeders have to rely on DNA-based parentage testing. A panel consisting of 100 single nucleotide polymorphism markers, with an average minor allele frequency of 0.25, was able to resolve 92% of fawns to both parents. In comparison, an existing 12-marker microsatellite panel was able to resolve 68% of fawns to both parents. When excluding dam DNA information, the single nucleotide polymorphism panel matched 81% of the fawns to their sires and the microsatellite panel 71%.
authors.affiliation: Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gudex
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spelman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010375:Pedigree; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: parentage testing; red deer; single-nucleotide polymorphisms