Silver fox

Development of novel polymorphic microsatellite markers for the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes)

S. Q. Yan, Bai, C. Y., Qi, S. M., Li, Y. M., Li, W. J., and Sun, J. H., 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.

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