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Characterizing a region on BTA11 affecting ?-lactoglobulin content of milk using high-density genotyping and haplotype grouping.

ABSTRACT: Milk ?-lactoglobulin (?-LG) content is of interest as it is associated with nutritional and manufacturing properties. It is known that milk ?-LG content is strongly affected by genetic factors. In cattle, most of the genetic differences are associated with a chromosomal region on BTA11, which contains the ?-LG gene. The aim of this study was to characterize this region using 777 k SNP data (BovineHDbeadChip) and perform a haplotype-based association study. A statistical approach was developed to build haplotypes that capture the genetic variation associated with this genomic region.The SNP with the most significant effect on ?-lactoglobulin content was one of the 2 causal mutations responsible for the ?-lactoglobulin protein variants A/B. Haplotypes based on 2 to 5 selected lead SNP were clustered in groups with different effects on ?-lactoglobulin content. Four different groups were identified suggesting that ?-lactoglobulin variant A and B can be further refined in A1, A2, B1 and B2.This study showed that ?-lactoglobulin protein variants A/B do not explain all genetic variation associated with the tail part of BTA11 but this region contains more than one mutation with an effect on ?-lactoglobulin content. These findings can be used for selection of cows with higher cheese yield, which is desirable for the dairy industry.

SUBMITTER: Bedere N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5320657 | biostudies-other | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Characterizing a region on BTA11 affecting β-lactoglobulin content of milk using high-density genotyping and haplotype grouping.

Bedere Nicolas N Bovenhuis Henk H

BMC genetics 20170222 1

<h4>Background</h4>Milk β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) content is of interest as it is associated with nutritional and manufacturing properties. It is known that milk β-LG content is strongly affected by genetic factors. In cattle, most of the genetic differences are associated with a chromosomal region on BTA11, which contains the β-LG gene. The aim of this study was to characterize this region using 777 k SNP data (BovineHDbeadChip) and perform a haplotype-based association study. A statistical approa ...[more]

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Characterizing a region on BTA11 affecting ?-lactoglobulin content of milk using high-density genotyping and haplotype grouping.

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Characterizing a region on BTA11 affecting β-lactoglobulin content of milk using high-density genotyping and haplotype grouping.

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