TY  - JOUR
T1  - Identification of Monozygotic Twins in Pigs Using Optimized Fluorescent Microsatellite Markers
AU - Li, Ming-Zhou AU - Lou, Ping-Er AU - Liu, Ying-Kai AU - Wang, Tao AU - Li, Xue-Wei 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SP  - 225
EP  - 228
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2013.225.228
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2013.225.228
KW  - Pig
KW  -monozygotic twins
KW  -paired fluorescent microsatellite marker
KW  -STR genotyping
KW  -cumulative exclusion rate
AB  - Monozygotic (MZ) twins having the same DNA information have 
  been used for many biomedical studies. Pigs present high similarity with humans 
  and have been used as an ideal mammalian model the use of MZ twins is even more 
  valuable. In the study, researchers present a systematic method for the stepwise 
  exclusion of inconsistently genotyped individuals in a large population by Short 
  Tandem Repeat (STR) genotyping. Five pairs of microsatellite markers with different 
  fluorescent dyes were selected and their reliability was tested. The results 
  demonstrate that the cumulative exclusion rate of all markers was 99.67% in 
  1,201 pigs; two pairs of MZ twins were initially identified. Researchers have 
  established an effective, easy and cheap way to identify MZ twin pigs.
ER  -