COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR INFERRING CANINE BREEDS FOR GENETIC TRAITS AND VERIFYING PARENTAGE OF CANINE ANIMALS

摘要

Methods and systems are provided for managing companion animal subjects inorder to maximize their individual health and potential performance and tomaximize profits obtained in breeding and marketing the companion animalsubjects. The methods and systems draw an inference of a phenotype for agenetic trait of a companion animal subject by determining the nucleotideoccurrence of at least one companion animal SNP that is determined to beassociated with the phenotype. The methods and systems described can beutilized to identify individual animals, determine or verify parentage of asingle dog from any breed if the putative parent(s) are also available fortesting, and are associated with, and predictive of, canine breeds. Theinference is used in some aspects to diagnose a health condition orpredisposition of a companion animal subject.