Prolactin Receptor and Prolactin Genes Polymorphisms and their Associations with Milk Production Traits in Najdi Sheep
Mahmoud, Ahmed Hossam . 2014
Prolactin (PRL) hormone plays an important role in many biological processesin animals and humans, such as mammogenesis, lactogenesis and galactopoiesis. In dairy cattle, the PRL gene is a potential quantitative trait locus that is used to evaluate milk performance traits. We analyzed the sequence of prolactin (PRL) and prolactin receptor (PRLR) genes from 30 Saudi native sheep breed in order to investigate whether mutations in this gene can affect milk yield as well as composition. The genetic variability in the prolactin and prolactin receptor (PRLR) genes in Saudi indigenous sheep has been described. Three DNA fragments, a 156 bp fragment from PRL-exon 3 and two fragments represented in intron 1 (215bp) and intron 2 (176bp) of PRLR, were amplified and sequenced from Najdi sheep. The genetic effects of DNA polymorphisms on different traits related to milk production and composition were evaluated. Preliminary analysis showed no significant associations between PRL and PRLR genotypes and milk performance. There was only one haplotype (one version of these segments). Indigenous Najdi breed sheep was monomorphic at exon 3, intron 1 and intron 2. Further work is needed to investigate more individuals of Najdi sheep as well as other Saudi milk producing sheep breeds in order to understand the relationship between variability in PRL and PRLR and the milk yield and composition in these breeds.
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We detected genetic variations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of tyrosinase gene (Tyr) among seven camel
populations in Saudi Arabia. Exon 1 of TYR was amplified…