Possible Association of Growth Hormone Gene Polymorphism with Growth Hormone Release in Calves from Lines Selected for High and Low Milk Fat Yield
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science
- Vol. 43 (3) , 129-135
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09064709309410156
Abstract
Fifty-seven calves from two lines selected for high (n = 36) and low (n = 21) milk fat yield were typed for a known restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) in the growth hormone (GH) gene. The genetic origin of the RFLP is an insertion (I)/deletion(D) in the 3′-region of the growth hormone gene. The calves were tested at 3–4 months of age and again at 9–10 months of age for plasma GH concentration before and following three GH release tests: fasting-refeeding (n = 57), arginine injection (n = 28) and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) injection (n = 24). The RFLP typing showed 36, 19 and 2 calves of the genotypes II, ID and DD at the I/D site, respectively. The frequency of the D-allele was higher in the high than in the low selection line (0.29 vs. 0.05, P P P <0.001). These results may indicate that the I/D site may affect or be a genetic marker for TRH-induced GH release in dairy calves.Keywords
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