Association between AA-NAT gene polymorphism and reproductive performance in sheep
Electron. j. biotechnol
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15(2): 7-7, Mar. 2012. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) is critical enzyme in Melatonin (MLT) biosynthesis for MLT regulating the animal seasonal breeding. In this study, DNA sequencing methods were applied to detect the polymorphisms of the AA-NAT gene in 179 Chinese sheep belonging to two non-seasonal reproduction breeds and two seasonal reproduction breeds. One mutation at exon 3 (NM_001009461c.486A > G) was firstly described at the sheep AA-NAT locus. Hence, we described the SmaI PCR-RFLP method for detecting EX3 486A > G mutation, frequencies of the AA-NAT-G allele varied from 0.871 to 0.908 in two non-seasonal reproduction breeds and 0.517 to 0.578 in two seasonal reproduction breeds. The associations of SmaI polymorphism with estrus traits was analyzed in non-seasonal reproduction breeds sheep and seasonal reproduction breeds sheep, the significant statistical results were found between them, the GG genotype frequencies was higher in non-seasonal reproduction breeds (p < 0.001), while, the GA genotype frequencies was higher in seasonal reproduction breeds (p < 0.05). Hence, the EX3 486A > G mutation could facilitate association analysis and serve as a genetic marker for Chinese sheep breeding and genetics.
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Main subject:
Sheep
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Arylalkylamine N-Acetyltransferase
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Electron. j. biotechnol
Journal subject:
Biotechnology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
China
Institution/Affiliation country:
Northwest A & F University/CN
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