Title: Molecular characterization of a Nellore beef cattle sample using microsatellites and candidate genesAuthor(s):  Tambasco DD, de Alencar MM, Coutinho LL , Tambasco AJ, Tambasco MD, Regitano LCDSource:  REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 29 (4): 1044-1049 JUL-AUG 2000Document Type:  ArticleLanguage:  PortugueseAbstract:  In the present work, 180 Nellore females from eight herds were analyzed for TEXAN 15, BM 1224 and CSFM50 microsatellites and for the restriction fragments polymorphism (RFLP) at the locos kappa-casein, beta-lactoglobulin and growth hormone (GFI). Excepted for GH, all markers were polymorphic in the studied sample. The values of heterozigozity, gene diversity polymorphic information content (PIC) and paternity exclusion probability (PE) were estimated. The highest PIC (0.685) and PE (0.521) values were obtained for microsatellite BM1224.Author Keywords:  bovine; DNA; marker; microsatellite; Nelore; RFLP KeyWords Plus:  GROWTH-HORMONE; BOVINE MICROSATELLITES; PRODUCTION TRAITS; DNA VARIATION; KAPPA-CASEIN; LINKAGE MAP; BOS-INDICUS; POLYMORPHISMS; GENOTYPES; POPULATIONSAddresses:  Tambasco DD (reprint author), UFSCar, Dept Genet & Evolucao, Sao Carlos, SP BrazilUFSCar, Dept Genet & Evolucao, Sao Carlos, SP BrazilEMBRAPA, CPPSE, Sao Carlos, SP BrazilESALQ, Dept Anim Prod, Piracicaba, SP Brazil Publisher:  REVISTA BRASILEIRA ZOOTECNIA BRAZILIAN JOURNAL ANIMAL SCI, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL VICOSA,, 36571-000 VICOSA-MG, BRAZILSubject Category:  AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE; VETERINARY SCIENCESIDS Number:  566ZJISSN:  1516-3598