• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.274-278
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• 1998

The biological father of two Golden Retriever puppies was determined between two proposed stud dogs by using microsatellite DNA analysis. DNA was obtained from all the relevant dogs by buccal swabbing and three loci of tetranucleotide repeat microsatellite were PCR-amplifiedl and analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining. One of the two proposed stud dogs was assigned as the biological father of the puppies by the genotyping. The result demonstrated that the microsatellite DNA analysis is a simple, efficient method of paternity test in dogs.