Polymorphism of selected microsatellites and their usefulness for paternity control in six dog breeds

The polymorphism of a total of nine microsatellite loci (CPH3, CPH6, CPH8, 2004, 2010, 2140, 2159, 2168 and 2319) were analysed in six dog breeds (bou vier des flandres, Yorkshire terrier, bloodhound, dachshund, rottweiler and boxer). All the loci were at least medium polymorphic and the PIC value fo r all the dogs varied from 0.67 to 0.91. However, a broad variability in,th e PTC value was found within particular breeds themselves- from 0.16 (CPH3 in bloodhounds) to 0.89 (2319 in dachshunds). The microsatellites which wer e studed out to be very useful for paternity control. The exclusion probabi lity (PE) for the studied breeds, in the case where both parents could be g enotyped, varied from 0.9946 (boxer) to 0.9996 (dachshund). In the case whe re only one parent was available for genotyping the PE varied from 0.6677 ( bouvier des flandres) to 0.7090 (boxer).