“…The following microsatellite markers purchased from Research Genetics (Huntsville, AL, USA) were selected based on previous reports (Uzawa et al, 1994(Uzawa et al, , 1996Gonzalez et al, 1995;Watanabe et al, 1997;Miyakawa et al, 1998;Ogawara et al, 1998;Nakanishi et al, 1999): D5S178 (5q21), D9S104 (9p21), IFNA (9p22), D11S910 (11q23), D11S1356 (11q25), D13S273 (13q14 -21), TP53 (17p13), D18S46 (18q21), and D22S274 (22q13). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was carried out in a 25-ml final volume containing 0.6 U of Taq polymerase in PCR buffer (50 mM KCl, 10 mM Tris-Cl (pH 8.0), 1.5 mM MgCl 2 ), 80 mM of each dNTP, and 10 pmol of each primer.…”