Patent ID: 6274319
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: C12Q,G16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for identifying a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of a domesticated organism, wherein said polypeptide is or is suspected of being associated with a commercially or aesthetically relevant trait that is unique, enhanced or altered in the domesticated organism as compared to a wild ancestor of said domesticated organism, comprising the steps of:a) comparing polypeptide-coding nucleotide sequences of said domesticated organism to polypeptide-coding nucleotide sequences of said wild ancestor; andb) selecting a polynucleotide sequence in the domesticated organism that contains a nucleotide change as compared to a corresponding sequence in the wild ancestor, wherein said change is evolutionarily significant, whereby the domestic organism's polynucleotide sequence is identified.