title: Kappa-casein polymorphisms among cattle breeds and bison herds.
abstract: We identified the HindIII restriction site polymorphism of kappa-casein in cattle reported by Pinder et al. (Animal Genetics 22, 11, 1991) and found an additional polymorphism (RsaI) in cattle and bison. The HindIII and RsaI restriction sites were mapped and three haplotypes (alleles) were identified. Preliminary screening of 39 cattle and 71 bison revealed one allele restricted to cattle, one restricted to bison, and one shared by the species. No fixed allelic differences were observed among cattle breeds or among bison herds or subspecies.
authors.affiliation: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Research Center, Anchorage.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cockett
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016164:Bison / Q000235:genetics*; D002364:Caseins / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel / Q000662:veterinary; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C040158:GTAC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases