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Genomics – A New Era for Cattle Breeding. Session - ICBF

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What is Genotyping?<br />

• Identifying genetic markers inherited from Sire and Dam using DNA<br />

fragment analysis.<br />

• Advent of PCR revolutionised molecular DNA technologies.<br />

• Common markers used <strong>–</strong> microsatellites and single nucleotide<br />

polymorphisms (SNPs)<br />

• SNPs are suitable <strong>for</strong> microarray chip technology, where in excess of 1<br />

million SNPs can be genotyped.<br />

<strong>ICBF</strong> & Teagasc <strong>Genomics</strong> Conference 14th<br />

November 2012

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