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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
The amino acid sequence of bovine somatotropin (bST) varies at position 127 where either valine or leucine is found. The frequencies of leucine127 and valine127 bST gene alleles in cows (n = 302) and sires (n = 70) from major dairy breeds (Holstein, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey, and Ayrshire) were determined using DNA extracted from whole blood or spermatozoa. A 428 base pair fragment of the bST gene was amplified using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and variants of the bST gene were detected as polymorphisms by Alu I restriction endonuclease digestion of PCR products. Restriction enzyme DNA fragments for the leucine127 variant were 265, 96, 51, and 16 base pair and for the valine127 variant were 265, 147, and 16 base pair as a polymorphism of bST was present in the 147 base pair DNA fragment. Frequencies of leucine127 and valine127 alleles for cows (n = 302) were 1.0 and 0 for Brown Swiss, .93 and .07 for Holstein, .92 and .08 for Guernsey, .79 and .21 for Ayrshire, and .56 and .44 for Jersey, respectively. In Holstein sires used for artificial insemination (n = 70), the frequency of leucine127 and valine127 alleles was .96 and .04. Estimates of transmitting ability for milk production tended to be greater for Holstein cows that were homozygous for leucine127 bST and Jersey cows that were homozygous for valine127 bST whereas Holstein sires with different bST genotypes were similar. In summary, frequencies of alleles for the bST gene were not similar in different dairy breeds and estimates of milk production were correlated with bST gene variant in cows but not sires.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0739-7240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Breeding, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Chi-Square Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Lactation, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Least-Squares Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Leucine, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:7905813-Valine
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Variants of somatotropin in cattle: gene frequencies in major dairy breeds and associated milk production.
pubmed:affiliation
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO 63198.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article