Claims
- 1. A method for evaluating resistance of an animal of the genus Bos to persistent lymphocytosis, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a sample of DNA from said animal, wherein said DNA includes a DRB3 gene exon 2;
- identifying nucleotides of said DRB3 gene exon 2; and
- determining whether said nucleotides contain codons that encode a glutamic acid at position 70 and an arginine at position 71 of the DRB3 gene product, the presence of which codons indicates resistance to persistent lymphocytosis.
- 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said identifying step employs a polymerase chain reaction and a primer.
- 3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said polymerase chain reaction is undertaken under stringency conditions where amplification can only occur if said codons that encode a glutamic acid and an arginine at positions 70 and 71, respectively of said DRB3 gene product are present.
- 4. A method according to claim 2, wherein said primer comprises a sequence according to SEQ ID NO:8.
- 5. A method for evaluating susceptibility of an animal of the genus Bos to persistent lymphocytosis, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a sample of DNA from said animal, wherein said DNA includes a DRB3 gene exon 2;
- identifying nucleotides of said DRB3 gene exon 2; and
- determining whether said nucleotides contain codons that encode a valine at position 75, an aspartic acid at position 76, a threonine at position 77, and a tyrosine at position 78, of the DRB3 gene product, the presence of which codons indicates susceptibility to persistent lymphocytosis.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said identifying step employs a polymerase chain reaction and a primer.
- 7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said polymerase chain reaction is undertaken under stringency conditions where amplification can only occur if said codons that encode a valine at position 75, an aspartic acid at position 76, a threonine at position 77, and a tyrosine at position 78, of said DRB3 gene product are present.
- 8. A method according to claim 6, wherein said primer comprises a sequence according to SEQ ID NO:10.
- 9. A diagnostic kit for evaluating resistance of an animal of the genus Bos to persistent lymphocytosis comprising a primer that specifically hybridizes to that portion of a DRB3 gene exon 2 that contains codons that encode amino acid residues at positions 70 and 71 of the DRB3 gene product only when said DRB3 gene exon 2 portion encodes a glutamic acid at said position 70 and an arginine at said position 71 and wherein hybridization of the primer to said portion of the DBR3 exon 2 indicates resistance to persistent lymphocytosis.
- 10. A diagnostic kit according to claim 9, wherein said primer comprises a sequence according to SEQ ID NO:8.
- 11. A diagnostic kit for evaluating susceptibility of an animal of the genus Bos to persistent lymphocytosis comprising a primer that specifically hybridizes to that portion of a DRB3 gene exon 2 that contains codons that encode amino acid residues at positions 75 through 78 of the DRB3 gene product only when said DRB3 gene exon 2 portion encodes a valine at said position 75, an aspartic acid at said position 76, a threonine at said position 77, and a tyrosine at said position 78 and wherein hybridization of the primer to said portion of the DBR3 exon 2 indicates susceptibility to persistent lymphocytosis.
- 12. A diagnostic kit according to claim 11, wherein said primer comprises a sequence according to SEQ ID NO 10.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/852,853, filed on Mar. 17, 1992, now abandoned entitled BOVINE AND GENETIC MARKERS AND METHODS OF TESTING OF AND USING SAME.
Government Interests
This invention was made with government support under competitive research grants 89-37266-4568 and 91-37205-6355, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The United States government has certain rights in the invention.
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