ALLELIC POLYMORPHISM OF THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE BROWN CARPATHIAN BREED OF CATTLE
N.B. Mokhnachova1, O.M. Zhukorskyi2
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics nd. a. M.V. Zubets of National Academy of Agrarian Science of Ukraine, Chubynske village, Kyiv region
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz71.04.096

Abstract
Genetic markers associated with milk and meat productivity
in cows were analyzed. Using the polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) method followed by restriction fragment
analysis, polymorphisms in the genes for κ-casein (CSN3),
β-lactoglobulin (BLG), diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1
(DGAT1), pituitary transcription factor (PIT1), thyroglobulin
(TG5), and growth hormone (GH) were determined in
animals of the Brown Carpathian breed. The genetic study
was conducted on 30 cows kept in the private sector of the
Transcarpathian region. The distribution of allele frequencies
and genotypes of the studied genes was determined. In the
studied sample of animals, the most common alleles were
A and genotype AA of the CSN3 gene (0.64 and 0.43,
respectively), allele B and genotype AB of the BLG gene (0.58
and 0.43, respectively), allele B and genotype BB of the PIT1
gene (0.82 and 0.68, respectively), allele K and genotype KA
of the DGAT1 gene (0.58 and 0.84, respectively), allele L
and genotype LL of the GH gene (0.64 and 0.5, respectively),
allele T and genotype TT of the TG5 gene (0.66 and 0.61,
respectively). High levels of homozygosity were observed at
the studied loci, ranged from 17% in DGAT1 to 90% in TG5.
This indicates that the number of effectively functioning alleles
in the studied population is lower than the possible maximum,
resulting in reduced genetic diversity.
Keywords:
DNA; genes; allele; polymorphism; polymerase chain reaction; markers; Brown Carpathian breed.
References
- Gutierrez-Gil B, Arranz JJ and Wiener P. An interpretive review of selective sweep studies in Bos taurus cattle populations: identification of unique and shared selection signals across breeds. Front Genet. 2015; 6:167.
- Aliloo H, Pryce J E, Gonzalez-Recio O, Cocks BG and Hayes BJ. Validation of markers with non-additive effects on milk yield and fertility in Holstein and Jersey cows. BMC Genet. 2015; 16: 89.
- Bonfatti V, Cecchinato A, Di Martino G, De Marchi M, Таблиця 3. Гомозиготність за генами в досліджуваних тварин бурої карпатської породи Ген Генотип Число гомозиготних генотипів Ступінь гомозиготності, % CSN3 AA 13 60 BB 5 BLG AA 6 57 BB 11 PIT1 AA 2 73 BB 20 DGAT1 KK 5 17 AA 0 TG5 TT 18 90 CC 9 GH LL 15 73 VV 7 Алельний поліморфізм генетичної структури бурої карпатської породи великої рогатої худоби 103 Gallo L, Carnier P. Effect of к-casein B relative content in bulk milk к-casein on Montasio, Asiago, and Caciotta cheese yield using milk of similar protein composition. J Dairy Sci. 2001; 94(2):602-13.
- Marković M, Radonjić D, Đokić M, Kandić A, Marković B. Allelic polymorphism of k-casein gene (CSN3) in three Montenegrin cattle breeds. Agric For. 2021; 67: 61-70.
- Meza-Nieto MA, González-Córdova AF, Piloni-Martini J, Vallejo-Cordoba B. Effect of β-lactoglobulin A and B whey protein variants on cheese yield potential of a model milk system. J Dairy Sci. 2013; 96(11):6777-81.
- Kaupe B, Winter A, Fries R, Erhardt G. DGAT1 polymor-phism in Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle breeds. J Dairy Res. 2004; 71(2):182-7.
- Tabaran A, BaLteanu V A, GaL E, Pusta D, Mihaiu R, Dan SD, Tabaran AF, Mihaiu M. Influence of DGAT1 K232A polymorphism on milk fat percentage and fatty acid profiles in Romanian holstein cattle. Anim Biotechnol. 2015; 26(2):105-11.
- Anderson В, Rosenfeld MG. Pit-1 determines cell types during development of the anterior pituitary gland. J Biol Chem. 1994; 269: 29335-29338.
- Keiko Kusarmira de Mattos, Silvia Nassif Del Lama, Mario Luiz Martinez, Ary Ferreira Freitas. Association of bGH and Pit-1 gene variants with milk production traits in dairy Gyr bulls. Pesq Agropec Bras. 2004; 39(2): 147-50.
- Li S, Crenshaw III EB, Rawson EJ. Dwarf locus mutants lacking three pituitary cell types result from mutations in the POU-domain gene Pit-1. Nature. 1990; 347:528-34.
- Zwierzchowski L, Krzyzewski J, Strzalkowska N. Effects of polymorphism of growth hormone (GH), Pit-1, and leptin (LEP) genes, cow's age, lactation stage and somatic cell count on milk yield and composition of Polish Black-and-White cows. Anim Sci Paper Report. 2002; 20: 213-27.
- Khatib H, Zaitoun I, Chang YM, Maltecca C and Boettche P . Evaluation of association between polymorphism within the thyroglobulin gene and milk production traits in dairy cattle. J Anim Breed Genet. 2007; 124:26-8.
- Shin SC. and Chung ER. Association of SNP marker in the thyroglobulin gene with carcass and meat quality traits in Korean cattle. Asian-Aust J Anim Sci. 2007; 20(2):172-7.
- Dybus A. Associations between Leu/Val polymorphism of growth hormone gene and milk production traits in Black-and-White cattle. Arch Tierz. 2002; 45(5):421-8.
- Abeygunawardana DI, Ranasinghe RMSBK, De Silva SNT, Deshapriya RMC, Gamika PA, and Rajapakse J. Prevalence of growth hormone receptor gene polymorphisms and their association with milk production and fertility-related traits of cross-bred dairy cows in Sri Lanka. Anim Biotechnol. 2024; 35(1): 2307012.
- Mokhnachova N B. Assessment of allelic and genotype diversity of cows of the endangered Brown Carpatian Breed by some productivity genes. Ukr J Nat Sci. 2013; 6:27-33. [Ukrainian].
- Mokhnachova NB, Zhukorskyi OM. Polymorphism of the mannose-binding lectin gene (MBL1) in Ukrainian small and transboundary cattle breeds. Cytol Genet. 2024; 58:572–9. [Ukrainian].
- Peakall R, Smouse PE. GenAlEx6.5:genetic analysis in Exel. Population genetic software for teaching and research-an update. Bioinformatics. 2012; 28:2537-9.
- Guzeev YuV, Sydorenko OV, Vishnevskyi LV. Charac-terization of the genetic structure of brown Carpathian breeders by the kappa-casein (CSN3) gene. Anim Breed Genet. 2017; 54:216-21. [Ukrainian].
- Kopylova KV . Genetic structure of bulls of different breeds of cattle according to loci of quantitative traits. Visn Ahrarn Nauky. 2012; 2:47-9. [Ukrainian].
|