Article
Effects of DGAT1 variants on milk production traits in German cattle breeds.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2003
Thaller G, Krämer W, Winter A, Kaupe B, Erhardt G, Fries R
Abstract excerpt
Various QTL mapping experiments led to the detection of a QTL in the centromeric region of cattle chromosome 14 that had a major effect on the fat content of milk. Recently, the gene encoding diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase (DGAT1) was proposed to be a positional and functional candidate for this trait. This study investigated the effects of a nonconservative lysine to alanine (K232A) substitution in DGAT1,...
Topics
- Acyltransferases
- Animals
- Cattle
- Chromosome Mapping
- Diacylglycerol O-Acyltransferase
- Dietary Fats
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Lactation
- Milk
- Milk Proteins
