Paternity test in dogs by microsatellite allele analysis

Chae, Y.J.; Kim, D.K.; Kim, H.N.; Lee, M.H.; Hwang, W.S.; Lee, B.C.; Youn, H.Y.; Lee, H. . College of Veterinary Medicine

Paternity test in dogs by microsatellite allele analysis

1999

Microsatellite allele analysis has been used for individual identification and paternity test. In the present study, the biological father of three puppies was determined by using microsatellite allele amplification analysis. The mother bitch of the litter was a poongsan dog. The three study dogs that could have inseminated the bitch, by being in the same residence, were a white Poosan dog, a mixed breed, and a white Jindo dog. DNA was obtained from all the relevant dogs by buccal swabbing. Four loci of tetranucleotide repeat microsatellite were PCR-amplified, and analyzed by polyacrylamicde gel electrophoresis and silver staining. The results of genotyping unambigously assigned the Poongsan dog as the biological father. There was no evidence of superfecundation. Therefore, the present study demonstrated the usefulness of microsatellite allele analysis as a simple, efficient method of paternity test in dogs.

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