Title:
ブタ毛色ゲノムタイプの決定方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3889440
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Coat color is important to the pig breeding industry for a number of reasons. It is therefore desirable to develop populations of pigs which will breed true for coat color. However, establishing such populations would be time-consuming and costly using traditional test mating programs. It is therefore desirable to determine the coat color genotype of individual pigs. The inventors have shown that the KIT gene in pigs is involved with coat color determination. Specifically, the inventors have discovered that the difference between the I, IP, and i alleles of the coat color determining gene is duplication of at least part of the KIT gene in the I and IP alleles. Further, the inventors have discovered that the difference between the I and IP alleles is that, although both I and IP have a duplication in the KIT gene, only I and not IP exhibits a deletion in one of the duplicated regions. These discoveries have allowed the inventors to develop methods for distinguishing between the alleles I, IP, and i, thereby determining the genotype of individual pigs with respect to coat color. In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods for determining the genotype of individual pigs with respect to coat color and kits for use in carrying out such methods.
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Inventors:
Andelson, Leif
Moller, Maria, Johansson
Wallace, Richard
Sigens, Kenneth, William
Plastou, Graham, Stuart
Moller, Maria, Johansson
Wallace, Richard
Sigens, Kenneth, William
Plastou, Graham, Stuart
Application Number:
JP50733697A
Publication Date:
March 07, 2007
Filing Date:
July 24, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PIC Phifield Limited
International Classes:
C12N15/09; C12Q1/68
Other References:
Genomics,1992,Vol.14,p.965-969
Mammalian Genome,November 1996,Vol.7,No.11,p.822-830
Mammalian Genome,November 1996,Vol.7,No.11,p.822-830
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mikio Hatta
Atsushi Nogami
Atsushi Nogami