Patent ID: 7442509
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or predicting the likelihood that a feline of the breed Maine Coon cat will develop hypertrophic cardiomyopathy comprising: a) obtaining a nucleic acid sample from the feline of the breed Maine Coon cat to be assessed; b) detecting in the nucleic acid sample a polynucleotide that encodes MYBPC and has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, and determining whether the MYBPC polynucleotide has a cytosine at position 66 of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the presence of a cytosine at position 66 in SEQ ID NO: 3 indicates that the feline has feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or has a greater likelihood of developing feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy than a feline having a guanine at position 66 in SEQ ID NO: 3.