Publication: Genetic polymorphism of beta-lactoglobulin gene in native Turkish sheep breeds
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Elmacı, Cengiz
Öner, Yasemin
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Balcıoğlu, M. Soner
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Springer
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The genetic polymorphism of the beta-lactoglobulin gene was investigated in three native Turkish sheep breeds. The study was carried out on 108 sheep (29 Kivircik, 38 Gokceada, and 41 Sakiz) by means of PCR-RFLP methods. Two genetic variants (A and B) and three genotypes (AA, AB, and BB) of beta-lactoglobulin have been identified. The gene frequencies of beta-LG A and B were 0.7759 and 0.2241 in Kivircik, 0.7632 and 0.2368 in Gokceada, and 0.9756 and 0.0244 in Sakiz breeds, respectively. The populations were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in all samples from the three breeds.
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Biochemistry & molecular biology, Genetics & heredity, Turkish sheep breeds, PCR-RFLP, Genetic polymorphism, β-lactoglobulin gene, Ovis aries, Variant, Milk-proteins
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Elmacı, C. vd. (2006). ''Genetic polymorphism of beta-lactoglobulin gene in native Turkish sheep breeds''. Biochemical Genetics, 44(7-8), 379-384.