Growth hormone 1 gene (GH1) polymorphisms as possible markers of the production potential of beef cattle using the Brazilian Canchim breed as a model



Título del documento: Growth hormone 1 gene (GH1) polymorphisms as possible markers of the production potential of beef cattle using the Brazilian Canchim breed as a model
Revista: Genetics and molecular biology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000337196
ISSN: 1415-4757
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, Botucatu, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Centro de Pesquisa de Pecuaria do Sudeste, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 31
Número: 4
Paginación: 874-879
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The growth hormone 1 gene (GH1) is a candidate gene for body weight and weight gain in cattle since it plays a fundamental role in growth regulation. We investigated the GH1 gene AluI and DdeI restriction enzyme polymorphisms, located 149 bp apart in the cattle genome, as possible markers of the production potential of Canchim crossbreed cattle, a 5/8 Charolais (Bos taurus) and 3/8 Nelore (Bos indicus) breed developed in Brazil, by evaluating the birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight and plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentration of 7 month to 10 months old Canchim calves (n = 204) of known genealogy and which had been genotyped for the AluI and DdeI markers. Our results showed significant effect (p < 0.05) between the homozygous DdeI+/DdeI+ polymorphism and the estimated breeding value for weaning weight (ESB-WW), while the AluI leucine homozygous (L/L) and leucine/valine (L/V) heterozygous polymorphisms showed no significant effect on the traits studied. The restriction sites of the two enzymes led to the formation of haplotypes which also exerted a significant effect (p < 0.05) on the ESB-WW, with the largest difference being 8.5 kg in favor of the homozygous L plus DdeI+/L plus DdeI+ genotype over the heterozygous L plus DdeI-/V plus DdeI+ genotype
Disciplinas: Química,
Biología,
Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Palabras clave: Bioquímica,
Genética,
Zootecnia,
Ganado vacuno,
Polimorfismo,
Hormona del crecimiento,
Genes candidatos
Keyword: Chemistry,
Biology,
Veterinary medicine and animal husbandry,
Biochemistry,
Genetics,
Animal husbandry,
Beef cattle,
Polymorphism,
Growth hormone,
Candidate gene
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