Cornell University

Duska J Sidjanin

Gustavo D Aguirre

Gregory M Acland

Orly Goldstein

Susan Pearce-Kelling

Barbara Zangerl

Jeanette S Felix

Tools and methods are provided for determining whether or not a dog is genetically normal, is a carrier of, or is affected with or predisposed to progressive rod-cone degeneration. The method is based on the detection of a transversion from G to A at position corresponding to nucleotide position 1298 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Identification of the gene and mutation responsible for progressive rod-cone degeneration in dog and a method for testing same

Provided is a method for identifying dogs as likely to be genetically normal, carriers of, or affected with progressive rod-cone degeneration comprising analyzing nucleic acids from a dog and determining the presence or absence of one or more prcd polymorphisms in the nucleic acids. Representative prcd polymorphisms characteristic of a prcd haplotype are also provided.

Method for identifying progressive rod-cone degeneration in dogs

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Brookfield, WI, United States of America

Duska J Sidjanin