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Animal Breeding and Genetics
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2011;24(2): 173-180.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2011.10166    Published online December 21, 2010.
Variability of Osteocalcin Status in Chinese Holstein Cattle: Do Phylogeny, Vitamin D or Gene Polymorphisms Matter?
Miro Ferreri, Jian Gao, Gaixian Ren, Liben Chen, Jingliang Su, Bo Han
Abstract
Osteocalcin (OC), a marker of bone turnover, displays patterns in relation to physiological and genetic factors. Here, we present an association study in a population of Chinese Holstein cattle (n = 24) with OC serum concentration as a phenotypic trait. We hypothesised that OC status is associated with phylogeny, vitamin D serum level and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was used as an unlinked marker to examine phylogeny and linkage to measured phenotypic traits of vitamin D and OC status. Following an association study with OC serum variability as the trait, genotyping of SNPs (n = 27) in OC-related genes was performed. Candidate SNPs were chosen in genes with an emphasis on the vitamin D and vitamin K pathways. Multivariant factor analysis revealed a correlation between vitamin D serum concentration and a SNP in the gene GC (rs43338565), which encodes a vitamin D-binding protein, as well as between a SNP in NFATc1 (rs42038422) and OC concentration. However, univariate analysis revealed that population structure, vitamin D serum levels and SNPs were not significant determinants of OC status in the studied group.
Keywords: Osteocalcin; Vitamin D; Population Structure; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms; D-loop; Bos taurus
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