1Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Nagpur Veterinary College, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur-440 006, Maharashtra, India
2Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandary, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 001, Gujarat, India
PPARGC1A gene mediates expression of genes involved in gluconeogenesis and is regarded as a prominent candidate gene governing the effect of milk fat in dairy bovines. The study was planned to identify DNA polymorphisms in the PPARGC1A gene in Gaolao Cattle and to find their association with milk production traits in Gaolao cattle.
The blood was collected from 224 purebred Gaolao cattle from farm and field along with test day milk from each cow for estimating milk components. Genomic DNA was assessed using phenol-chloroform extraction method and Kits. PCR-RFLP, PCR-SSCP and direct DNA sequencing methods were used to identify polymorphism.
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Gaolao cattle, Milk traits, PCR-RFLP, PPARGC1A, Sequencing, SSCP