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- Title
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF IFN-α GENE IN BEETAL GOAT BREED OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN.
- Authors
Yasmeen, A.; Hussain, T.; Ahmad, A.; Yaqub, T.; Masood, S.; Nadeem, A.; Masood, F.; Hussain, F.; Khan, S. A.; Wajid, A.; Babar, M. E.
- Abstract
The immune systems of species are basically dynamic for evolution and survival, and the animal selection patterns in innate immune loci are of prodigious importance in molecular evolutionary research. Interferon alpha (IFN-α) plays a fundamental role in innate immune response with biological and antiviral activity. In the current study, the IFN-α gene was genetically and phylogenetically characterized in thirty Beetal goats by direct sequencing. Genomic DNA was isolated and sequencing analysis of IFN-α gene revealed two missense substitutions (A83G: Lys28Arg, A127G: Thr43Ala) and one synonymous substitution (A144G). Phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance showed the specieswise clustering and higher genetic distance with other goats. This information in Pakistani indigenous goats may provide useful insights into the design of molecular selection strategies for genetic improvement of animal and further biological studies in other goat breeds may provide evolutionary way to acquire better disease resistant animals.
- Subjects
GOAT breeds; GOATS; ANIMAL breeding; GOAT farming; LIVESTOCK breeds; ANIMAL culture
- Publication
JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 1, p345
- ISSN
1018-7081
- Publication type
Article