Patent ID: 8715925

Claim:
A method of identifying a genetic marker linked to an SLC35A3 gene polymorphism having a T nucleotide at a position equivalent to position 559 of SEQ ID NO: 17, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining samples comprising genetic material from a plurality of bovine subjects, b) obtaining from said samples genomic DNA sequences from bos Taurus autosome 3 (BTA3) comprising a region between the polymorphic microsatellite markers BM4129 and BMS1266, c) sequencing at least a part of said region to identify a nucleotide sequence polymorphism within said region, d) calculating the LOD score of said polymorphism and the SCL35A3 gene polymorphism having a T nucleotide at a position equivalent to position 559 of SEQ ID NO: 17, e) identifying a polymorphism with a LOD score of at least 3.0 with respect to the SCL35A3 gene polymorphism having a T nucleotide at a position equivalent to position 559 of SEQ ID NO: 17.