Arctic fox

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for blue fox (Alopex lagopus)

Y. M. Li, Guo, P. C., Lu, J. Y., Bai, C. Y., Zhao, Z. H., Yan, S. Q., Li, Y. M., Guo, P. C., Lu, J. Y., Bai, C. Y., Zhao, Z. H., and Yan, S. Q., Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for blue fox (Alopex lagopus), vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

The blue fox, belonging to the family Canidae, is a coat color variant of the native arctic fox (Alopex lagopus). To date, microsatellite loci in blue fox are typically amplified using canine simple sequence repeat primers. In the present study, we constructed an (AC)n enrichment library, and isolated and identified 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers for blue fox. The number of alleles per locus is from two to seven based on 24 examined individuals.

Leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms are correlated with production performance in the Arctic fox

M. Zhang and Bai, X. J., Leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms are correlated with production performance in the Arctic fox, vol. 14, pp. 5560-5570, 2015.

The polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conforma­tion polymorphism technique was employed to measure mononucleo­tide diversity in the coding region of the leptin and leptin receptor genes in the Arctic fox. The relationships between specific genetic mutations and reproductive performance in Arctic foxes were determined to im­prove breeding strategies. We found that a leptin gene polymorphism was significantly associated with body weight (P

Genetic diversity of the Arctic fox using SRAP markers

M. Zhang and Bai, X. J., Genetic diversity of the Arctic fox using SRAP markers, vol. 12, pp. 6176-6183, 2013.

Sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) is a recently developed molecular marker technique that is stable, simple, reliable, and achieves moderate to high numbers of codominant markers. This study is the first to apply SRAP markers in a mammal, namely the Arctic fox. In order to investigate the genetic diversity of the Arctic fox and to provide a reference for use of its germplasm, we analyzed 7 populations of Arctic fox by SRAP.

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