From N. G. HOLMES and M. M. BINNS
The Dog Genome Initiative at Berkeley (This Week, 26 June) is not the only
project underway that is producing genetic markers for mapping the canine
genome. At the Animal Health Trust we are engaged in a project, funded by
the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, to generate and characterise
microsatellite markers for the dog.
This research, which is in collaboration with J. Sampson (University of
Leicester), has the overall aim of developing markers for canine inherited
disorders; at the moment we are studying progressive retinal atrophy in a
number of breeds, and haemophilia and copper toxicosis in Bedlington
terriers.
N. G. Holmes and M. M. Binns
Newmarket, Suffolk
