1Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Uludag University Gorukle Campus, 16059, Bursa, Turkey.
2Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University 07058 Antalya, Turkey.
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The genetic polymorphism of the β-lactoglobulin gene was investigated in 43 sheep of Karacabey Merino breed of Turkey by polymerase chain reaction – restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RELP). Two genetic variants β-lgA and β-lgB were identified and the allelic frequencies were estimated as 0.7791 and 0.2209, respectively. It was concluded that the population was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
Sheep, genetic polymorphism, β-lactoglobulin gene, PCR-RFLP
