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Effects of DGAT1 and GHR on milk yield and milk composition in the Chinese dairy population
Authors:D Sun  J Jia  Y Ma  Y Zhang  Y Wang  Y Yu  Y Zhang
Institution:Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;. Affiliated High School of Inner-Mongolian Normal University, Hohhot 010020, China;. Center for Forensic Science, Tianjin Police Station, Tianjin 300384, China
Abstract:Previous studies have demonstrated that the p.Lys232Ala substitution in the acylCoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase ( DGAT1 ) gene and the p.Phe279Tyr mutation in the growth hormone receptor ( GHR ) gene are the causative quantitative trait loci underlying milk yield and composition on BTA14 and BTA20 respectively. To examine their applications in the genetic improvement of Chinese dairy cattle productivity, we herein investigated the effects of the DGAT1 p.Lys232Ala and GHR p.Phe279Tyr mutations on milk, fat and protein yield, as well as fat and protein percentage in the milk of 1222 Holstein cows. Genotyping was performed using PCR-RFLP for DGAT1 or primer-introduced restriction analysis (PCR-PIRA) for GHR . With a mixed animal model, the significant associations of the DGAT1 p.Lys232Ala substitution with 305-day milk, fat and protein yield were identified ( P  =   0.0001). The DGAT1 allele that encode lysine at position 232 was associated with increased 305-day milk fat yield, but with decreased 305-day milk and protein yield, whereas the GHR p.Phe279Tyr mutation was found to be significantly associated with protein percentage ( P  =   0.0014). The allele substitution effect of p.279Phe by p.279Tyr may lead to a significant increase in protein percentage. Our findings indicate that DGAT1 p.232Ala and GHR p.279Phe could be used to increase milk yield and protein yield of Chinese Holstein cows.
Keywords:dairy cattle              DGAT1 p  Lys232Ala              GHR p  Phe279Tyr  milk production traits
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