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Abstract: The polymorphism in the bovine κ-casein (κ-CN)
and β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) genes were analyzed for DNA sequence
variants using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length
polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique in Iranian Holstein population to find
association between the genotypes and milk traits as well as somatic cell
score. To this purpose, 2537 test day records of one hundred thirty nine
dairy cows were entered in a repeated generalized mixed model. The frequencies
of alleles A and B were estimated as 0.81, 0.19 and 0.57, 043 for κ-CN
and β-LG loci, respectively. The results of association analysis
by the mixed model revealed a significant positive relationship of κ-CN
genotype AA on milk yield (p≤0.04). These analyses did not reveal a
significant association of κ-CN genotypes with fat percent and SCS
traits. In the case of β-LG locus statistical analysis showed a strong
relationship between BB genotype and protein percentage (p≤0.007) comparing
to the other genotypes. These results did not reveal a significant association
of β-LG genotypes with milk yield, milk fat percentage and SCS in
studied animals. A tendency to being significant was however observed
for β-LG genotype AA (p<0.12) with the SCS trait. Because of the
lack of consistency among results of similar studies, we suggest further
investigations to determine the precise nature of these associations with
the milk proteins to be performed based on haplotypes.