“…SNPs are single base change in DNA sequences and although biallelic, they show some advantages over microsatellites, mainly because they overtake the major problem of microsatellites, consisting in the lack of unicity in determining their size, when genotyping is performed on different analyzers and/or at different times. SNPs are highly abundant in the genome, i.e., averagely one SNP every 100-500 base pairs (Heaton et al, 2001) and several technologies are now well established for SNPs genotyping (MALDI TOF assay, primer extension, TaqMan, and several microchip technologies) (Bray, Boerwinkle, & Doris, 2001;Dearlove, 2002;Syvanen, 2005;Podder, Ruan, Tripp, Chu & Tebbutt, 2008). These technologies allow high throughput automated analysis and the SNPs databases so obtained are comparable even when changing genotyping platform.…”