title: Effect of genetic variations of the POU1F1 gene on growth traits of Nanyang cattle.
abstract: PCR-RFLP was applied to analyze the effect of the genetic variations of the POU1F1 gene on growth traits of 100 Nanyang cattle. The results showed that the 451 bp PCR product digested with Hinf I demonstrated polymorphism in the population, which was at Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Moreover, the frequencies of alleles A/B in the Nanyang population were 0.465/0.535. The association of the variations of the POU1F1 gene with the growth traits in the population was analyzed. The following parameters were greater in individuals with a genotype BB than in those with an genotype AB: birth weight, average weight increase before ablactation, body height at 12 months, body weight, body length, and chest girth at 6 months and 12 months (P<0.05). The body weight at 12 months was higher in the BB individuals than in the AA individuals (P <0.05). The body weight and body sizes also showed a trend of allele B> allele A in the other age groups. Therefore, the genotype BB maybe a dominant genotype and the allele B may be a dominant allele. These results imply that the allele B of the POU1F1 gene is likely to positively affect the growth traits.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Cun-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chu-Zhao
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Xin-Zhuang
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight / Q000235:genetics; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D006128:Growth / Q000235:genetics*; D050809:POU Domain Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011247:Pregnancy; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D050809:POU Domain Factors