Association of toll‐like receptor 2 polymorphisms with somatic cell score in Xinjiang Brown cattle |
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| Authors: | Jie BAI Jiapeng LIN Wenrong LI Mingjun LIU |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University;2. The Key Laboraoty Of Animal Biotechnology of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region;3. Key Laboratory of Livestock Reproduction & Breeding Biotechnology of Ministry of Agriculture, Urumqi, China |
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| Abstract: | This study aims to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in the TLR2 gene, and analyze the association of SNPs or haplotypes and somatic cell scores in 151 Xinjiang Brown cattle and 138 Holsteins to evaluate the role of TLR2 during intramammary infections. TLR2 coding region was amplified by PCR and screened for SNP sequencing. Genotypes and frequencies of SNPs were identified. Finally, the associations of genotypes or haplotypes and somatic cell scores (SCS) were analyzed. The results showed that: (i) 15 SNPs (E+653, E+945, E+978, E+1010, E+1250, E+1688, E+1707, E+1779, E+1782, E+1891, E+1995, E+2025, E+2055, E+2214 and E+2295) were observed and detected from 289 cows; (ii) distribution of the 14 SNPs were significantly different from Xinjiang Brown cattle and Holstein (P < 0.001) except for the E+945 (P > 0.05); (iii) in 11 SNPs (E+945, E+978, E+1010, E+1688, E+1707, E+1779, E+1782, E+1995, E+2025, E+2055 and E+2214), the SCS of AB genotype was lower than AA (P < 0.05) in Xinjiang Brown cattle; and (iv) haplotypes composed of the above‐mentioned 11 SNPs were constructed. The SCS of cattle with Hap5 was lower than that of Hap3 (P < 0.05). This suggests that Hap5 might play an important role in sub‐mastitis resistance in Xinjiang Brown cattle. |
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| Keywords: | haplotype SCS SNP TLR2 Xinjiang Brown cattle |
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