Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in bovine major histocompatibility complex class II ß-chain genes using bovine exon-containing hybridization probes
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Genetics
- Vol. 22 (2) , 123-136
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1991.tb00654.x
Abstract
Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) have been identified in the bovine MHC class II region using five hybridization probes constructed from two bovine genomic clones. Four probes were constructed from a bovine DR beta-like gene, BoLA-DRB2. These included a probe containing the complete beta 1 exon (R2-beta 1), a probe containing the last 129 base pairs of the beta 2 exon (R2-beta 2), a probe containing intron immediately 5' of the beta 2 exon (R2-5' beta 2), and a probe containing the complete transmembrane exon (R2-TM). A fifth probe was constructed from a novel bovine beta-chain gene, BoLA-DIB, and contained the entire TM exon (I1-TM). R2-beta 1 defined very little polymorphism. R2-beta 2 hybridized to several fragments but one or two fragments hybridized much stronger on all Southern blots and it was presumed these corresponded to BoLA-DRB2 fragments. By using R2-5' beta 2 as a probe, these BoLA-DRB2 fragments were confirmed: 6.4 and 2.7-kb Eco RI alleles, 1.7- and 1.5-kb Pvu II alleles, 5.9-, 5.4-, 3.7- and 1.9-kb TaqI alleles, and a non-polymorphic 22.5-kb BamHI fragment. I1-TM identified three alleles with TaqI. To investigate the linkage between the RFLP alleles, 166 offspring of five sires were tested. Complete linkage was found for all RFLPs identified with the BoLA-DRB2 probes. However, the RFLP patterns of 13 calves out of 58 indicated recombination between BoLA-DRB2 and BoLA-DIB.Keywords
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