Selecting animals for desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties
US7732137B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/172
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to methods to select animals, such as mammals, particularly domestic animals, such as breeding animals or animals destined for slaughter, for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties, in particular, related to muscle mass and/or fat deposition lean meat, lean back fat, sow prolificacy and/or sow longevity. Provided is a method for selecting an animal for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties comprising testing the animal, a parent of the animal or its progeny for the presence of a nucleic acid modification affecting the activity of an evolutionary conserved CpG island, located in intron 3 of an IGF2 gene and/or for the presence of a nucleic acid modification affecting binding of a nuclear factor to an IGF2 gene.
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