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Volume 4 : 39-44, 2000. Redacted
2018.
A major
histocompatibility microsatellite locus in brushtail
possums (Trichosurus vulpecula).
Mary K-P Lam1*, Robert E. Hickson 2,
Philip E. Cowan3 and Desmond W. Cooper1
1 Department
of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia. 2 Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, AgResearch
PO Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (Present address: ERMA NZ, PO Box 131
Wellington, New Zealand.),3 Landcare
Research, Private Bag 11052, Palmerston North, New Zealand. * Corresponding author: Mary K-P Lam,
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109,
Australia.
Email: mlam@rna.bio.mq.edu.au
ABSTRACT
A MHC-linked microsatellite locus in Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)
M K-P Lam, R. E. Hickson, P E. Cowan, D W. Cooper, Onl J Vet Res., 4:39-44, 2000. Wildlife infectious diseases threatening human health such as the spread
of bovine tuberculosis by brushtail possums in New Zealand is an issue of concern. We report for
the first time a microsatellite marker in the possum Major Histocompatibility
Complex (MHC). The marker is in a sequence similar to the red necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) DAB1 gene. This microsatellite marker shows high levels of
variability in two New Zealand populations of brushtail
possums. The potential of this marker for studying immune response, disease
susceptibility and population genetics in the possum is discussed.
Keywords:
Trichosurus vulpecula,
microsatellite, MHC
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