ALLELE FREQUENCIES OF THE MAJOR MILK-PROTEINS IN THE FINNISH AYRSHIREAND DETECTION OF A NEW KAPPA-CASEIN VARIANT

Authors
IKONEN T RUOTTINEN O ERHARDT G OJALA M
Citation
T. Ikonen et al., ALLELE FREQUENCIES OF THE MAJOR MILK-PROTEINS IN THE FINNISH AYRSHIREAND DETECTION OF A NEW KAPPA-CASEIN VARIANT, Animal genetics, 27(3), 1996, pp. 179-181
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity","Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Animal genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02689146
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
179 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-9146(1996)27:3<179:AFOTMM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A total of 20 990 Finnish Ayrshire cows were phenotyped for the major milk proteins by isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gels. The pred ominant alleles in the Finnish Ayrshire were alpha(s1)-casein B (0.999 ), alpha(s2)-casein A (0.991), beta-casein A(1) (0.509) and alpha(2) ( 0.490), kappa-casein A (0.612) and beta-lactoglobulin B (0.716). The k appa-casein E allele (0.307) was also rather common in the Finnish Ayr shire. A new kappa-casein variant (kappa-casein F) was demonstrated in two Finnish Ayrshire cows, a dam and a daughter.