Molecular and cytogenetic paternity testing of a male offspring of a hinny |
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| Authors: | CJ Zhao YH Qin XH Lee & Ch Wu |
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| Institution: | Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Key Laboratories of Animal Breeding and Genetics of Ministry of Agriculture of PR China, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | An alleged male foal of a female mule, whose sire and grandparents were unknown, was identified for its pedigree. Parentage testing was conducted by comparing polymorphism of 12 microsatellite DNA sites and mitochondrial D‐loop sequences of the male foal and the female mule. Both the sequence analysis of species‐specific DNA fragments and a cytogenetic analysis were performed to identify the species of the foal and its parents. The results showed that the alleged female mule is actually a hinny, and the male foal, which possesses 62 chromosomes, qualifies as an offspring of the female hinny and a jack donkey. |
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| Keywords: | fertile hinny parentage testing species identification |
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