US Fed News
July 15, 2006 Saturday
Iowa Inventors Develop Ghrelin Alleles
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- Max F. Rothschild, Kwan-Suk Kim and Lloyd L.
Anderson, all from Ames, Iowa, have developed ghrelin alleles and uses of the
same for genetically typing animals.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are genetic
markers for animal growth, appetite and fatness, methods for identifying such
markers, and methods of screening animals to determine those more likely to
produce desired growth, appetite and fatness and preferably selecting those
animals for future breeding purposes. The markers are based upon the presence
or absence of certain polymorphisms in the Ghrelin gene."
The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,074,562 on July 11.
The patent has been assigned to Iowa State University Research
Foundation Inc., Ames.
The original application was filed on Nov. 14, 2002, and is available at:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nphParser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch
bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,074,562.PN.&OS=PN/7,074
,562&RS=PN/7,074,562.
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