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- Title
Prion protein gene polymorphisms in sheep in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
- Authors
Sotomaior, C. S.; Sotomaior, V. S.; Madeira, H. M. F.; Thomaz-Soccol, V.
- Abstract
To determine the polymorphisms of the prion protein gene in sheep from the state of Paraná, Brazil, 323 animals of meat breeds (Suffolk, Hampshire Down, Texel, Ile de France, Dorper, Dorset, Santa Inês and crossbreds) were genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. The most frequent allele was ARQ, with a frequency of 0.61, followed by ARR (0.30). VRQ and AHQ alleles were present at very low frequencies (0.13 and 0.05 respectively), and the ARH allele was not found. Seven genotypes were identified (ARR/ARR, ARR/ARQ, ARQ/ARQ, ARR/VRQ, ARR/AHQ, ARQ/VRQ and ARQ/AHQ), of which ARQ/ARQ was the most frequent (0.41). The Santa Inês breed and crossbred animals showed the highest genotypic variability.
- Subjects
SHEEP; GENETIC polymorphisms; ANIMAL breeding; SCRAPIE; ANIMAL genetics
- Publication
Animal Genetics, 2008, Vol 39, Issue 6, p659
- ISSN
0268-9146
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01775.x