Genetic polymorphism at the milk protein genes (CSN1S1, CSN2, and CSN3) in the Czech Sumava and Walachian sheep breeds

SZTANKÓOVÁ, Z., MÁTLOVÁ, V. & RYCHTÁŘOVÁ, J. Genetic polymorphism at the milk protein genes (CSN1S1, CSN2, and CSN3) in the Czech Sumava and Walachian sheep breeds. GRANT journal, 2012, roč. 1, č. 2, s. 63-66.{INTLINK}
SZTANKÓOVÁ, Zuzana, MÁTLOVÁ, Věra and RYCHTÁŘOVÁ, Jana. Genetic polymorphism at the milk protein genes (CSN1S1, CSN2, and CSN3) in the Czech Sumava and Walachian sheep breeds. GRANT journal, 2012, vol. 1(2), p. 63-66. ISSN 1805-0638.
Year2012
CathegoryPublication in specialized journals
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Abstract

The aim of this work was to determine allele and genotype frequencies at the casein loci, alphaS1-casein (CSN1S1), beta-casein (CSN2) and kappa-casein (CSN3) in two endangered Czech sheep breeds. The study was carried out on 265 sheep (133 Sumava, 132 Walachian) by means of PCR-RFLP and Light Cycler Analysis. These breeds are kept mainly for their good combined efficiency (milk, meat, wool). In particular, the genetic variant C at the CSN1S1 locus occurred with high frequency in both breeds Sumava (0.981) and Walachian (0.992). Variants A and D were either “absent” in Walachian (A=0.008, D=0), or present with a very low frequency in Sumava (A=0.008, D=0.011). Molecular analysis of the CSN2 locus showed that the genetic variant A were predominant, had higher frequency (Sumava, 0.778; Walachian, 0.829) than did variant G (Sumava, 0.222; Walachian, 0.171) in both sheep populations. The CSN3 locus was found to be monomorphic, with no polymorphism typed in either population. According to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, both breeds were in genetic equilibrium at the loci CSN1S1 and CSN2 (P