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Variants of somatotropin in cattle: gene frequencies in major dairy breeds and associated milk production.
Domestic animal endocrinology - 1 Oct 1993
Lucy M C, Hauser S D, Eppard P J, Krivi G G, Clark J H, Bauman D E, Collier R J
Abstract excerpt
The amino acid sequence of bovine somatotropin (bST) varies at position 127 where either valine or leucine is found. The frequencies of leucine127 and valine127 bST gene alleles in cows (n = 302) and sires (n = 70) from major dairy breeds (Holstein, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey, and Ayrshire) were determined using DNA extracted from whole blood or spermatozoa. A 428 base pair fragment of the bST gene was...
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