GENETIC MARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING THE SPLAY LEG PHENOTYPE EXPRESSION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, BREEDING ANIMALS, AND WORKING ANIMALS

摘要

Disclosed is the use of a first nucleic acid for determining the predisposition to express or inherit the splay leg phenotype in a mammal/poultry, said first nucleic acid having a length of at least 8 nucleotides and being identical or essentially identical to a second nucleic acid occurring on chromosome 5 of the pig or in a homologous position in the genome of other mammals/poultry, i.e. in the area of the microsatellites Sw1468, Sw2, Sw1200, Sw2425, Sw995, IGF1, S0005, Sw963, Sw1987, S0018, Sw904, Sw310, Swr1974, Swr426, Sw1094, Sw986, or Sw1982, or on chromosome 11 of the pig or in a homologous position in the genome of other mammals/poultry, i.e. in the area of microsatellites S0182, S0071, Sw2008, Sw435, S0009, S0230, or Sw486. The invention also relates to methods for determining the predisposition to express or inherit the splay leg trait in mammals/poultry.