Genetic Analysis in Racing Animals
OwnerStephen Paul Harrisoninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to products and processes for determining or predicting sporting performance, ability or aptitude of horses and other performance animals through the study of nucleotide sequence variants, genetic types or profiles, in particular the study of mitochondrial sequence variants. The invention is useful in the horseracing industry.
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A process for determining or predicting sporting performance, ability, or aptitude of horses and other performance animals, comprising analysis of the presence, distribution or expression of one or more nucleotide sequence variants having an association with sporting performance, ability or aptitude, said variants comprising mitochondrial nucleotide sequence variants and/or chromosomal nucleotide sequence variants which are able to complement said mitochondrial nucleotide sequence variants.
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A variant comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from
- a) the sequences listed in Example 1
- b) gene specific nucleotides based on the Example 1 sequences,
- c) complimentary strands thereof or nucleotide sequences which hybridise under stringent conditions to Example 1 sequences,
- d) degenerate nucleotide sequences of any of a) b) or c)
- e) fragments of any of a)-d) above.
A set of variant nucleotide sequences comprising one or more dloop mitochondrial gene sequences, plus one or more respiratory enzyme gene sequences and optionally one or more rRNA gene sequences for use in haplotype analysis or classification in animals.
A haplotype selected from any of types 1-XVII listed in Table 1.
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