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A chromosome-wide QTL study on BTA29 affecting temperament traits in German Angus beef cattle and mapping of DRD4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2010

K. Glenske ,
E.-M. Prinzenberg ,
H. Brandt ,
M. Gauly  and
G. Erhardt
K. Glenske
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Ludwigstr. 21b, 35390 Giessen, Germany
E.-M. Prinzenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Ludwigstr. 21b, 35390 Giessen, Germany
H. Brandt
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Ludwigstr. 21b, 35390 Giessen, Germany
M. Gauly
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Georg August University of Göttingen, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
G. Erhardt*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Ludwigstr. 21b, 35390 Giessen, Germany
*
†E-mail: Georg.Erhardt@agrar.uni-giessen.de
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Abstract

The behaviour of beef cattle is important for the safety and welfare of stockmen and animals. Ten microsatellites spanning BTA29 and, in addition, the candidate gene, dopamine receptor D4 gene, were analysed in 545 German Angus calves of six sires and included in a quantitative trait locus (QTL) study on the basis of three different behaviour tests. A putative QTL for the score while entering the scale (ScE) was detected at BMS764. The DRD4 fragment was mapped in the distal region of BTA29 15.3 cM distal of ILSTS081. The results clearly indicate that BTA29 with a putative QTL in the proximal part and the candidate gene, DRD4, in the distal part plays an important role in the regulation of temperament. During the study one of the sires was detected to be a blood chimera.

Keywords

behaviourcattleBTA29DRD4chimerism
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , February 2011 , pp. 195 - 197
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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