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We established DNA fingerprints and assayed the correlation of seven dog breeds which included Formosan dog, German Shepherd, Shiba Inu, Pit bullterrier, Akita, Cocker Spaniel, and mixed-breed dog by random amplified DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD PCR). Twenty primers were selected from breed- specific DNA pools by screening 180 different ten-base oligonucleic primers. Analysis of the specific products was obtained. 43.8% of the specific products were polymorphic. The correlation index assayed by distance matrix methods between six breeds and mixed-breed dog was from 0.704 to 0.847. In addition, applicationof the selected primers to analyzed the individual DNA of 40 dogs within the six breeds and mixed-breed dogs by RAPD PCR revealed that some of the amplified products between those breeds were different. These results suggested that DNA fingerprints established by RAPD PCR can be served a potential reference to identify dog breed.
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