Dairy cattle breeding for improved milk production traits in cattle
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorHasan Khatib
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Abstract
Nucleic acid molecules comprising a SNP site at position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1), which SNP indicates a desirable productive life in a dairy cattle. Also disclosed are an array or a kit comprising the same, a method for detecting the SNPs, a method for progeny testing of cattle, and a method for selectively breeding of cattle.
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An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a polymorphic site at position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:
- 1), wherein position 1296 is guanine, and at least 9 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 adjacent to the polymorphic site.
A method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence of a bovine cell, the method comprising determining the identity of a nucleotide at position 1296 of the UTMP coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:
- 1) and comparing the identity to the nucleotide identity at a corresponding position of SEQ ID NO:
- 1.
A method for selectively breeding dairy cattle, comprising selecting a bull that homozygously has guanine at position 1296 of bovine uterine milk protein (UTMP) coding sequence (SEQ ID NO:
- 1), and using its semen for fertilizing a female animal.
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