Genetic polymorphism of milk protein and its effects on milk composition traits in Muzaffarnagari sheep


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Authors

  • AJOY MANDAL
  • D KUMAR
  • P K ROUT
  • N K YADAV
  • R ROY

Keywords:

Genetic polymorphism, Milk protein, Muzaffarnagari sheep

Abstract

The electrophoretic pattern revealed the presence of three aS1- casein alleles, viz. (lSI-CnA, ascCnE and (XSI-CnF in the milk samples of Muzaffamagari sheep. The frequency of predominant aSI-CnE locus and rare (XSI-CnF variant in this population were 0.38 and 0.01, respectively, where the frequency of null allele for this locus (asi-CnO) was 0.37. All the loci except ~-Cn, ~-lactoglobulin and a- lactalbumin locus in the population showed the presence of null allele. No polymorphic patterns were observed at a S2-' ~- and K casein locus in this study. The ~- lactoglobulin loci showed the presence ofAand Bvariants on the gel. The a-lactalbumin loci revealed the monomorphic form in the population. The study also showed that CXS1 - casein variant had only significant effect on casein content of milk and none of these milk protein variants had significant effect on total protein content of milk in this breed.

 

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MANDAL, A., KUMAR, D., ROUT, P. K., YADAV, N. K., & ROY, R. (2011). Genetic polymorphism of milk protein and its effects on milk composition traits in Muzaffarnagari sheep. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 78(10). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/4902