Characterization of 42 highly polymorphic bovine microsatellite markers

Abstract
We have isolated 42 highly polymorphic microsatellite (GT/CA)n markers from Japanese black cattle Wagyu (Bos taurus). Forty‐one of the markers were assigned to bovine autosomes with lod scores > 6, through linkage analyses performed on the International Bovine Reference Family Panel (IBRP). The remaining marker showed X‐linked inheritance. These markers exhibited an average heterozygosity value of 0.67 with between four and 17 alleles on the IBRP.