In dairy cattle, treatment with exogenous growth hormone (GH) affects growth and function of mammary gland. The actions of GH are mediated via interaction with GH receptors (GHR). The first step in signal transduction is homodimerization of two GHR molecules by GH. This step is critical since mutation in either GH or GHR can block dimerization and thus target cell activation. However, association between milk related traits and combination of GH and GHR variations are not known. Accordingly, DNA genotypes in the GH and GHR genes were investigated for association with milk, fat and protein lactation yields in Holsteins. The marker data were obtained on 873 progeny tested bulls by using PCR-RFLP and PCR-SSCP analysis. There were five markers in GH and three in GHR. Estimated breeding values (EBVs) were obtained from Canadian Dairy Network for milk, fat, and protein lactation yields for the 873 genotyped bulls. / There was significant difference among GH6.1 alleles (C-to-G transversion at position 2141) for the milk yield (P < 0.05) and protein yield (p < 0.05). There were significant differences in GHR AluI (A-to-T transversion at -1182) for milk (p < 0.05) and fat (p < 0.05), and GHR StuI (C-to-T transversion at -232) for fat (p < 0.0001) and protein (p < 0.05). Allele frequencies for GH6.1 (C), GHR AluI (A) and GHR StuI (C) alleles in bulls genotyped were 0.95, 0.63 and 0.95, respectively. Bulls with GH6.1 (C/G) genotype had higher milk EBV (p < 0.05) compared to C/C bulls. Bulls with GHR AluI (A/A) genotype had higher milk EBV (p < 0.01) and fat EBVs (p < 0.05). Bulls with StuI (C/C) genotype had higher fat EBV (p < 0.0001) and protein EBV (p < 0.05) compared to StuI (C/T). This study indicates that the combination of GH and GHR markers could serve as a tool to aid in selection for improving milk, fat, and protein production.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.32996 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Gollapudi, Anantha Srinivasa Babu. |
| Contributors | Zadworny, David (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 | Master of Science (Department of Animal Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001846518, proquestno: MQ75311, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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