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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Max F. Rothschild, Ames, IA (US);
Daniel C. Ciobanu, Ames, IA (US);
Massoud Malek, Ames, IA (US);
Graham Plastow, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Max F. Rothschild, Ames, IA (US);
Daniel C. Ciobanu, Ames, IA (US);
Massoud Malek, Ames, IA (US);
Graham Plastow, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q001/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are genetic markers for animal meat quality and reproductive efficiency, methods for identifying such markers, and methods of screening animals to determine those more likely to produce larger litters and/or better meat quality and preferably selecting those animals for future breeding purposes. The markers are based upon the presence or absence of certain polymorphisms in the PRKAG3 gene.