Genetic Variability at α s₂-casein Gene in Girgentana Dairy Goat Breed

References

• AIA 2011. Controlli della produttività del latte in Italia. Statistiche ufficiali. Available from: http://bollettino.aia.it/ bollettino/Doc/RS_NoteIT.pdf
   Google Scholar
• ASSONAPA 2012. Consistenza razze caprine. Available from: http://www.assonapa.it/consistenze.html
   Google Scholar
• BelkhirK. BorsaP. ChikhiL. RaufasteN. BonhommeF. 1996-2004. GENETIX 4.05, logiciel sous Windows TM pour la génétique des populations. Laboratoire Génome, Populations, Interactions. Université de Montpellier II ed., Montpellier, France. Available from: http://kimura.univ-montp2.fr/genetix
   Google Scholar
• BoulangerA. GrosclaudeF. Mahé M.F. 1984. Polymorphisme des caséines αs1 et αs2 de la chèvre (Capra hircus). Genet. Sel. Evol. 16 :157-176.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• BouniolC. BrignonG. MahéM.F. PrintzC. 1994. Biochemical and genetic analysis of variant C of caprine αs2-casein (Capra hircus). Anim. Genet. 25 :173-177.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• ChessaS. RignaneseD. ChiattiF. RadeghieriA. GigliottiC. CaroliA. 2008. Technical note: simultaneous identification of CSN1S2 A, B, C, and E alleles in goat by polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism. J. Dairy Sci. 91 :1214-1217.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• ErhardtG. JägerS. BudelliE. CaroliA. 2002. Genetic polymorphism of goat αs2-casein (CSN1S2) and evidence for a further allele. Milchwissenschaft 57 :137-140.
   Google Scholar
• GigliI. Maizon D.O. RiggioV. Sardina M.T. PortolanoB. 2008. Short communication: casein haplotype variability in Sicilian dairy goat breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 91 :3687-3692.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• HayesH. PetitE. BouniolC. PopescuP. 1993. Localization of the alpha-s2-casein gene (CASAS2) to the homologous cattle, sheep and goat chromosome 4 by in situ hybridization. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 64 :281-285.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• LagonigroR. PietrolaE. D’AndreaM. VeltriC. PillaF. 2001. Molecular genetic characterization of the goat s2-casein E allele. Anim. Genet. 32 :391-393.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• MarlettaD. BordonaroS. GallianoF. CunsoloV. SalettiR. PastoreN. D’UrsoG. 2002. Identification of CSN1S20 allele in a Sicilian goat breed and characterization of αs2-casein fraction by HPLC/ESIMS. pp 9-32 in Proc. 7th World Congr. Genet. Appl. Livest. Prod., Montpellier, France.
   Google Scholar
• MarlettaD. BordonaroS. Guastella A.M. CriscioneA. D’UrsoG. 2005. Genetic polymorphism of the calcium sensitive caseins in sicilian Girgentana and Argentata dell’Etna goat breeds. Small Ruminant Res. 57 :133-139.
   Google Scholar
• MarlettaD. BordonaroS. Guastella A.M. D’UrsoG. 2004. Genetic polymorphism at CSN1S2 locus in two endangered sicilian goat breeds. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 121 :52-56.
   Google Scholar
• MarlettaD. CriscioneA. BordonaroS. Guastella A.M. D’UrsoG. 2007. Casein polymorphism in goat’s milk. Lait 87 :491-504.
   Google Scholar
• MartinP. SzymanowskaM. ZwierzchowskiL. LerouxC. 2002. The impact of genetic polymorphisms on protein composition of ruminant milks. Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 42 :433-459.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Miller S.A. Dykes D.D. Polesky H.F. 1988. A simple salting out procedure for extracting DNA from human nucleated cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 16 :1215.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Othman O.E. AhmedS. 2006. Analysis of genetic polymorphism in the Egyptian goat CSN1S2 using polymerase chain reaction. J. Biol. Sci. 6 :238-241.
   Google Scholar
• RamunnoL. CosenzaG. PappalardoM. LongobardiE. GalloD. PastoreN. Di Gregorio P. RandoA. 2001a. Characterization of two new alleles at the goat CSN1S2 locus. Anim. Genet. 32 :264-268.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• RamunnoL. LongobardiE. PappalardoM. RandoA. Di Gregorio P. CosenzaG. MarianiP. PastoreN. MasinaP. 2001b. An allele associated with a non detectable amount of αs2-casein in goat milk. Anim. Genet. 32 :19-26.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• RamunnoL. PauciulloA. MancusiA. CosenzaG. MarianiP. MalacarneM. 2007. Influence of genetic polymorphism of calcium-sensitive caseins on structural, nutritional, renneting and hypoallergenic properties of goat milk. Sci. Tecn. Latt. Cas. 58 :257-271.
   Google Scholar
• RandoA. RamunnoL. MasinaP. 2000. Mutations in casein genes. Zootec. Nutr. Anim. 26 :105-114.
   Google Scholar
• RijnkelsM. 2002. Multispecies comparison of the casein gene loci and evolution of casein gene family. J. Mammary Gland. Biol. Neoplasia 7 :327-345.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• RoussetF. 2008. Genepop’007: a complete reimplementation of the Genepop software for Windows and Linux. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 8 :103-106.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• SacchiP. ChessaS. BudelliE. BollaP. CeriottiG. SogliaD. RaseroR. CauvinE. CaroliA. 2005. Casein haplotype structure in five Italian goat breeds. J. Dairy Sci. 88 :1561-1568.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Vacca G.M. Dettori M.L. SanaM. PorquedduM. CarcangiuV. 2005. Polymorphism of the CSN1S1, CSN1S2 and CSN2 genes in Sarda bucks. Page 130 in Proc. 16th Nat. Congr. ASPA, Torino, Italy. Ital. J. Anim. Sci. 4(Suppl.2):130 ( abstr.).
   Google Scholar
• Vacca G.M. Ouled Ahmed Ben Ali H. CarcangiuV. PazzolaM. Dettori M.L. 2009a. Genetic structure of the casein gene cluster in the Tunisian native goat breed. Small Ruminant Res. 87 :33-38.
   Google Scholar
• Vacca G.M. Ouled Ahmed Ben AliH. PazzolaM. SannaM. Dettori M.L. CarcangiuV. 2009b. An investigation on allele frequency at CSN1S2 locus and its relationship with milk parameters in the Sarda goat. J. Anim. Feed Sci. 18 :628-637.
   Google Scholar