We describe the development and initial application of a semiautomated parentage testing system in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis). This system used fluorescently labelled primers for 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in two multiplex loading groups to genotype efficiently over 96% of the warbler population on Cousin island. When used in conjunction with the program CERVUS, ...

Genotypes are frequently used to identify parentage. Such analysis is notoriously vulnerable to genotyping error, and there is ongoing debate regarding how to solve this problem. Many scientists have used the computer program CERVUS to estimate parentage, and have taken advantage of its option to allow for genotyping error. In this study, we show that the likelihood equations used by versions 1...

Genetic data collected on co-operatively breeding Neolamprologus pulcher groups from Lake Tanganyika revealed mixed parentage in 80% of the groups examined. A case (1/11) of shared maternity was detected where a subordinate female bred alongside the dominant female in a social group. Extra-pair paternity was assigned to other dominant males who held their own social groups, but subordinate male...

The lives of many of these parents are confined to their own national group and they are too busy earning a living and raising a family to learn the language of the country to which they have come to live. So it happens that they live in America for decades without becoming members of the American English speaking community. They continue to live the life of the country from which they came, ke...

Short tandem repeat (STR) loci, i.e. microsatellites are a class of genetic markers commonly used for population studies and parentage control. This study determined the usefulness of microsatellite markers recommended by International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) for identification and pedigree analysis in horses based on the example of Polish Hucul horse population (Equus caballus). The...

A total of 45 blood samples from progeny and the putative parents were tested for parentage analysis using a panel of microsatellite markers (short tandem repeats). Six breeds of dogs were represented viz. German shepherd, Dalmatian, Labrador, Great Dane, Boxer and Lhasa Apso in this study for genotype analysis. Ten different microsatellite marker loci were amplified by multiplex PCR. The multi...

This study is the first to characterise type of people trying resolve unknown parentage cases in UK and Ireland, how successful their efforts are, using commercial DTC (direct-to-consumer) DNA tests. A survey was conducted individuals born or with a biological parent from who had used genetic genealogy as part search for one both parents. Success rates were high assisting identification birth 4...