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Association analysis of prolactin and prolactin receptor genes with selected productive and reproductive traits in Egyptian buffalo

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Pages 1397-1405 | Published online: 11 Feb 2022
 

Abstract

A total of 266 records of buffalo raised in two experimental herds in Egypt were assessed to detect prolactin (PRL) and prolactin receptor (PRLR) genes’ polymorphism using PCR-Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism (SSCP) and PCR-Restricted Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) techniques as well as to investigate their association with calf birth weight (BW), weaning weight (WW), lactation period (LP), total milk yield (TMY), stillbirth, calving ease (CE), gestation length (GL), postpartum interval to pregnancy (PPIP), calving interval (CI), and age at first calving (AFC). Predicted breeding values were estimated and used in the association with detected genotypes. A monomorphic pattern of the studied PRL 156 bp segment was recorded and absence of its polymorphism in buffalo was corroborated. We also determined polymorphism of PRLR reflected in three loci: PRLR2, PRLR4, and PRLR9. Significant differences among PRLP9 genotypes (AA, AB, and BB) were displayed for all studied traits as well as among PRLR2 genotypes, except for CE, while PRLR4 genotypes significantly differed only in BW, WW, TMY, stillbirth, GL, and AFC. In practice, strong associations among genotypes of the PRLR gene and the traits of interest candidate this gene to be selective in Egyptian buffalo breeding for improving both productive and reproductive traits.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Dr. Samah F. Darwish, Head of Biotechnology Research Unit, Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI) for her precious advices during the period of the study. Also, our sincere thanks to the staff members of Animal Production Research Institute and its research stations for their cooperation during sample and data collection.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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