Parentage testing is an important tool in farm animals for genetically determining the accuracy of pedigree information. The objective of the current study was to implication of multiplexing 14 microsatellite markers for routine parentage testings. The twenty-four lambs were crossbred of Ghazel × Baluchi, Ghazel × Baluchi × Merinos, and Baluchi × Moghani × Merinos breeds. The genomic DNA was ex...

The use of molecular techniques for parentage analysis has been a booming science for over a decade. The most important technological breakthrough was the introduction of microsatellite markers to molecular ecology, an advance that was accompanied by a proliferation and refinement of statistical techniques for the analysis of parentage data. Over the last several years, we have seen steady prog...

We characterized the SNP 53 JPN System for parentage verification during horse registry. The SNP 53 JPN System was constructed using 53 highly polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which were amplified and genotyped with 2 multiplex assays. The SNP 53 JPN System showed good resolution for 95 unrelated thoroughbreds, and the exclusion probability (PE01) for each SNP ranged from 11....

The recent proliferation of hypervariable molecular markers has ushered in a surge of techniques for the analysis of parentage in natural and experimental populations. Consequently, the potential for meaningful studies of paternity and maternity is at an all-time high. However, the details and implementation of the multifarious techniques often differ in subtle ways that can influence the resul...

Seventy-seven cases of disputed parentage were studied using the human leucocyte antigen system over a 14-year period in Hong Kong. Of these, 30 (39.0%) related to the amendment or verification of birth registration details, 20 (26.0%) were for divorce or affiliation proceedings, and 19 (24.7%) were related to overseas resident visa applications. An exclusion of parentage of at least one of the...

Keywords intimacy, family migrants, binational couples, mixed-parentage children, Asia-Europe migration corridor

The demand for glycine to satisfy normal growth during early life is considerable and most has to be made endogenously. The extent to which adequate glycine is available can be assessed by measuring the urinary excretion of 5-L-oxoproline. The excretion of 5-L-oxoproline at 6 weeks of age for infants in Trinidad of African, Indian or mixed parentage (398 mumol/mmol creatinine) was significantly...

The fractional parentage expansion method is extended from SU(2) nonrelativistic to SU(3) and relativistic dibaryon calculations. A transformation table between physical bases and symmetry bases for the SU (3) dibaryon is provided. A program package is written for dibaryon calculation based on the fractional parentage expansion method.

Question: What is the adaptive significance of extra-pair parentage? Theoretical approach:We view parentage as a ‘transaction currency’ for exchanges of ecological benefits. We develop a multi-player cooperative game, using the core and the Nash bargaining solution as solution concepts. Model assumptions: Birds can negotiate about who pairs with whom. Parentage can be exchanged between individu...

Haplodiploidy results in relatedness asymmetries between colony members of highly eusocial Hymenoptera. As a consequence, queen and reproductive workers are more related to their own sons than to each other's male offspring. Kin selection theory predicts multiple optima in male parentage: either the queen or the workers should produce all the males. Nevertheless, shared male parentage is common...