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Volume 28, No. (1), 2018 (February)
POLYMORPHISM OF β-LACTOGLOBULIN IN PRAMENKA SHEEP BREED IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
A. Rustempašić, A.Dokso1, E.Zečević, A. Hodžić, A.Hrković-Porobija, Z.Sarić, E. Miskoska–Milevska, Z. Popovski and M. Brka

A. Rustempašić1, A.Dokso1, E.Zečević1, A. Hodžić2, A.Hrković-Porobija2, Z.Sarić1, E. Miskoska–Milevska3, Z. Popovski3 and M. Brka1

1 Faculty of Agriculture and Food  Science,University Sarajevo;
2 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Sarajevo;
3 Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Bosnia

Corresponding Author: a.rustempasic@ppf.unsa.ba
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 337-340
Published Online First: February 01, 2018
Publication Date: February 01, 2018
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The aim of this study was to determinate allele frequency β-lactoglobulin in Pramenka breed sheep in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The DNA was extracted from blood of 283 sheep, collected from four flocks around Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The gene β-lactoglobulin was amplified using polymerase chain reaction – restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR–RFLP) technique. Two genetic variants (A and B) and three genotypes (AA, AB and BB) of β-lactoglobulin have been identified. Genotype frequencies of β-lactoglobulin were with the following values: AA (0.325), AB (0.445), and BB (0.229), while the frequencies of allele A and B were 0.547 and 0.453 respectively. The highest frequency of genotype AA is present in the location Treskavica (38%), genotype AB in the location Vlašić (52%), while the genotype BB is mostly present in location Bjelašnica (29%). The population of Pramenka breed sheep was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. It is expected that in a future the programs in sheep breeding in Bosnia and Herzegovina certainly would take into account the genetic variants of β-lactoglobulin that could contribute to better production and economic benefit.

Keywords: β-lactoglobulin;genetic polymorphism; Pramenka breed
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