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SNP in intron 5 of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) gene and its genetic effects on important economic traits in geese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

Liang Zhong ,
Chen Hong-Quan ,
Huang Hua-Yun ,
Zha Li-Sha  and
Chen Hua
Liang Zhong
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China College of Biology Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Chen Hong-Quan*
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China College of Biology Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Huang Hua-Yun
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Zha Li-Sha
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Chen Hua
Affiliation:
College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: chqchq@ahau.edu.cn
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Abstract

Intron 5 of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) gene was cloned and its single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was tested by polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) in Wanxi White geese (WW) (Anser anser). The carcass, meat quality and feather-down traits of 116 geese from WW males×Sichuan White goose (A. anser) females were assessed and analysed in association with SNP. The results showed that the sequence length of intron 5 of the HMGR gene in geese was 704 bp, and the homology between goose and chicken was 44.0%. A SNP site was tested in intron 5 by PCR-SSCP, and frequencies of alleles A and B at the SNP site were 0.7716 and 0.2284, respectively. The effects of genotype AA were significant, not only on an increase of chest muscle weight, stomach gland weight (P<0.05), fibre diameter of chest muscle and 1000-down weight (P<0.01), but also on a decrease of down water-holding percentage and pH of chest muscle 45 min after slaughterP<0.05). The effect of genotype AB was in the opposite direction to that of genotype AA.

Keywords

goose3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) genesingle nucleotide polymorphismeconomic trait
Type
Research Papers
Information
Chinese Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , August 2008 , pp. 127 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © China Agricultural University 2008

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Footnotes

First published in Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology 2007, 15(6): 936–941

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