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Short communication: Effect of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase polymorphism on fatty acid composition of milk.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2007
Moioli B, Contarini G, Avalli A, Catillo G, Orrù L, De Matteis G, Masoero G, Napolitano F
Abstract excerpt
The effect of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) gene on milk fatty acid composition was tested. Cows of 3 breeds of northern Italy, Piedmontese, Valdostana, and Jersey, were genotyped at exon 5 of the SCD gene. This has been suggested as a primary candidate gene to change the proportion of saturated vs. unsaturated fatty acids in milk, wherein a single nucleotide polymorphism (C/T) gives rise to a different AA...
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