Chicken genomic DNA containing 5 kb of the 5$ sp prime$ end of the growth hormone (GH) receptor gene and 12 kb of the region up-stream was cloned and a restriction map was constructed. Using subcloned fragments as probes, a HindIII polymorphism was detected in both egg layer and in meat-type chickens. This polymorphic site was mapped at 7 kb up-stream of the coding region of the GH-receptor gene and a PCR assay for the polymorphism was developed to facilitate genotyping of large numbers of chickens. / Alleles of the GH-receptor gene and the GH gene were analyzed for association with traits in chicken strains of different genetic origins. In egg layers, association was significant for juvenile body weight, egg weight, feed consumption and feed efficiency for egg mass (P $<$ 0.05). In meat-type chickens, the GH-receptor allele associated with high juvenile body weight in egg layers was co-selected with leanness. A comparison of the genotype classes revealed that for several traits there was significant interaction between the GH and GH-receptor genotype. The results indicated that there are variants of the genes of the GH-axis which affect traits in White Leghorns and that the effect of a genetic variation in one gene may depend on the variation in another gene.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.42028 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Creators | Feng, Xiaopeng. |
| Contributors | Kuhnlein, Urs (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Animal Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001554686, proquestno: NQ29933, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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