BoLA DYA polymorphism in Czech cattle.
Polymorphism at the BoLA DYA locus was determined in two groups of Czech Black Pied cattle by PCR-RFLP detecting substitutions at nucleotide positions 112 and 219. Animals for this study were nonrandomly selected according to their health status in two BoLA-associated infections: bovine leukosis (n = 59) and Johne's disease (n = 36). A group of noninfected Czech Red Pied cows (n = 37) was used for comparison. The frequencies of DYA alleles and haplotypes were virtually identical in the two selected groups as well as in the infection-free animals. In contrast, distribution of BoLA DRB3.2 alleles differed considerably between the infected groups as expected based on the previously detected associations with BoLA. The results suggest that the polymorphism of the DYA unexpressed gene was not influenced by selecting animals for this study according to their health status.
Horín
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Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic. horin@dior.ics.muni.cz
Matiasovic
J
J
Trtková
K
K
Pavlík
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I
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D016583:Enzootic Bovine Leukosis / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
C088543:BoLA-DYA protein, Bos indicus; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II