A genetic typing method for albino mutation in the Mongolian gerbil by PCR-RFLP analysis
Takao Ukaji1, Masahiro A Iwasa1, Osamu Kai1
1Department of Animal Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan.
Integrative Zoology
|August 22, 2020
Abstract:
1. We established a PCR-RFLP analysis targeting R77H mutation in the Tyr gene as a more effective genotyping to identify carrier (C/c) with the albino allele and the agouti phenotypes. 2. Our breeding system, which targets the R77H site, is a useful cue for detecting C/c carriers with the agouti-phenotype and helps us to obtain albinos by mating agouti-phenotype carriers.
