TESTING OF TWO PROTOCOLS FOR GENOTYPING THE LEPTIN GENE LOCUS AND BODY MEASUREMENT IN MARAMURES BROWN AND ROMANIAN BREED CATTLE
Keywords:
leptine, cattle, traits, meatAbstract
The body measurement of Maramures Brown breed and Romanian Siemmental and
testing two protocols for emphasizing the leptine gene in order to perform
associations with some beef production traits within further studies were the aims of
our research. The blood DNA extraction was performed according to the protocols
proposed by Yves Amigues and genotyping protocols was proposed by Leifers and
Pomp et al. The body weight is within standards. The analyzed protocols used for
leptine gene emphasizing led to satisfactory results, which will enable us to perform
further research in order to make associations between this possible marker gene
and some body traits.
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