Parentage analysis

Effectiveness of microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism markers for parentage analysis in European domestic pigs

G. C. Yu, Tang, Q. Z., Long, K. R., Che, T. D., Li, M. Z., and Shuai, S. R., Effectiveness of microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism markers for parentage analysis in European domestic pigs, vol. 14, pp. 1362-1370, 2015.

Parentage analysis and individual identification are recent, promising methods that have been applied to evolutionary and ecological studies, as well as conservation management. Parental exclusion relying on polymorphic microsatellites has been used worldwide in parentage determination, while the low mutation rate and genotyping error rate of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) make them another important marker for pedigree tracing. Here, we compared the effectiveness of microsatellites and SNP markers in European pigs.

A suite of microsatellite markers for genetic management of captive cracids (Aves, Galliformes)

M. C. Costa, Camargo, C., Laganaro, N. M., Oliveira, Jr., P. R. R., Davanço, P. V., Azeredo, R. M. A., Simpson, J. G. P., Silveira, L. F., and Francisco, M. R., A suite of microsatellite markers for genetic management of captive cracids (Aves, Galliformes), vol. 13, pp. 9867-9873, 2014.

Cracids are medium to large frugivorous birds that are endemic to the Neotropics. Because of deforestation and overhunting, many species are threatened. The conservation of several species has relied on captive breeding and reintroduction in the wild, but captive populations may be inbred. Microsatellite tools can permit the construction of genetic pedigrees to reduce inbreeding, but only a few loci are available for this group of birds.

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