GROWTH HORMONE GENE VARIATIONS AND MEAT PRODUCTION (GROWTH) OF INDONESIAN LOCAL CATTLE



Sutarno Sutarno(1*), Aris Junaidi(2), Baharudin Tappa(3)

(1) Biology Department, FMIPA, Sebelas Maret University, Solo 57126, Indonesia.
(2) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakaita, Indonesia.
(3) Center of Research and Development ofBiotechnology- LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia.
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The objective of the study was to know the association between genetic
variations at growth hormone loci and growth (meat production) of Indonesian local
cattle (Madura, Bali and Ongole derived (PO) cattle). PCR-RFLPs were applied for
the detection of DNA polymorphism at locus I and ll of growth hormone gene, and
the result indicated that polymorphisms were found at both loci usingAIul and Mspl
enzymes. Association between genotype variations and growth trait was analysed
using two models of Anova implemented in a program of INIP. The preliminary
analysis indicated that the Mspl genotypes at locus II of the gene to be associated
with growth (daily gain) of PO cattle, but not for locus I detected using AluI.


Keywords


Growth hormone gene, Polymorphism, Growth rate, Cattle

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