“…Various assay techniques have been developed to investigate polymorphisms, including PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, AS-PCR, multiplex PCR, single-strand confirmation polymorphism analysis, oligonucleotide ligation assay, and real-time PCR (3,5,6,10,15,16,18). AS-PCR is an excellent genotyping method, although it frequently requires extensive optimization and its background amplification is often high.…”