Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 Kit

Thermo Scientific Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 Kit is offered for cattle parentage testing and identification using Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA loci.

The Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 allows co-amplification of the 6 microsatellites in a single multiplex PCR reaction. One primer from each primer pair is end-labeled with a fluorescent dye. After PCR, the fragments are separated and detected in a single electrophoresis injection, using an automated electrophoresis instrument (see Figure 2). In addition, the kit includes bovine control DNA for verification of acceptable PCR and electrophoresis conditions. Reagents and protocols of the Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 have been optimized to deliver similar peak sizes (amplification yields) for each loci. Allele callings obtained with this kit represent the true alleles of an individual, instead of 'plus-A peaks' or 'split peaks' typically interpreted when using e.g. a conventional Taq DNA polymerase. The kit employs Phusion Hot Start DNA Polymerase that has a proofreading activity and eliminates the 'plus-A peaks'.

Thermo Scientific Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 encompasses the following six STR loci: SPS113, RM067, CSRM60, MGTG4B, CSSM66, and ILSTS006. These are among the list of loci recommended by the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for genetic studies of domestic animals.

The Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 is intended to be used as a complement to the Bovine Genotypes Panel 1.2 when more STR loci are required for resolving a parentage case. The microsatellite alleles of the Bovine Genotypes Panel 2.2 kit can be separated and detected in the same single electrophoresis injection with the microsatellite alleles of the Bovine Genotypes Panel 1.2 kit (see Figure 2).

Highlights

• Various kit choices that include STR loci recommended by ISAG
• Single multiplex reaction - less pipetting steps
• Optimized reagents
• Control DNA provided for verification of PCR and electrophoresis conditions
• Allele calling represents true alleles (no plus-A peaks)

This product has been developed in collaboration with Maxxam Analytics Inc.