Title
Optimization of RAPD-PCR conditions in cattle
Date Issued
01 January 1996
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Massachusetts
Publisher(s)
Marcel Dekker Inc.
Abstract
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) is a fast and easy way of identifying DNA polymorphisms generated from several regions of the genome. This could expedite the process of identifying informative polymorphic markers that may be linked to important genes controlling economic traits. In cattle, failure to obtain consistent amplification patterns in RAPD-PCR has been a cause for concern. This has been attributed to the fact that decamer primers that are used in RAPD-PCR reactions are likely to amplify regions of DNA where the primer-template base pairing has some degree of mismatch and that these mismatches fail to repeat from reaction to reaction. This paper describes the use of tricine buffer along with changes in reaction components and thermal cycling conditions that has yielded consistent and reproducible RAPD-PCR amplifications using single primers and double primer combinations on bovine DNA.
Start page
99
End page
112
Volume
7
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria Genética, Herencia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0038898957
Source
Animal Biotechnology
ISSN of the container
10495398
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