MOLECULAR-GENETIC MARKER OF PASTEL COLOUR VARIATION IN AMERICAN MINK AND METHOD OF DETECTING MINK INDIVIDUAL, WHICH IS CARRIER OF ALLELE, WHICH CAUSES FORMATION OF DESIRED COLOUR VARIATION Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A01K67/02 

FIELD: biotechnology.

SUBSTANCE: described is a genetic marker of American mink fur colouring, which in a homozygous state determines the pastel fur colour, which is an insertion of an endogenous retroviral element in the first intron of the mink HPS3 gene. Disclosed is a method of detecting an individual of the American mink, which is a carrier of at least one allele, which causes formation of pastel fur colour, including genotyping of an animal by gene HPS3, namely detection of presence and quantity or absence of a genetic marker. Disclosed is the use of the method for selecting individuals of the American mink, which are a carrier of at least one allele, which determines the formation of pastel fur colour, among the available livestock of farm minks.

EFFECT: faster and less labour-intensive method of selecting individuals of American mink, carriers of genetic marker of pastel fur colouring.

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