Development of novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes)
“Development of novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes)”, vol. 14, pp. 5890-5895, 2015.
, The silver fox (Vulpes vulpes), a coat color variant of the red fox, is one of the most important fur-bearing animals. To date, development of microsatellite loci for the silver fox has been limited and mainly based on cross-amplification by using canine SSR primers. In this study, 28 polymorphic microsatellite markers were isolated and identified for silver fox through the construction and screening of an (AC)n-enriched library. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 8 based on 48 individuals tested.