Greener
Journal of  Agricultural Sciences

Vol. 3 (10), pp.
716-725,
October 2013.

 ISSN: 2276-7770  

Research
Paper

Manuscript Number: 042613589

 

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Gh, Ghr, Ghsr and
Insulin Candidate Genes in Chicken Breeds of Vietnam

 

^1*Do Vo Anh Khoa, ²Nguyen
Thi Kim Khang, ²Nguyen Trong Ngu, ³Joseph
Matey, ⁴Huynh Thi Phuong Loan, 

⁵Nguyen
Thi Dieu Thuy

 

¹Department
of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture and Applied
Biology, Can Tho University, Vietnam.

²Department
of Agricultural Breeding and Genetics, College of
Agriculture and Applied Biology, Can Tho University,
Vietnam.

³Laboratory
for Animal Production and Animal Product Quality, Ghent
University, Belgium.

⁴Department
of Food Technology, College of Agriculture and Applied
Biology, Can Tho University, Vietnam.

⁵Institute
of Biotechnology, Academy of Science and Technology,
Vietnam.

 

*Corresponding Author’s Email: dvakhoa @ ctu. edu. vn,
Tel: +84-918026653,

Fax: +84-7103-830814

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to evaluate genetic potential in
chicken breeds raised in Vietnam. They include local chicken
breeds (Noi and Tau Vang giving good health and meat quality
traits but they are not intensively studied yet) and a
commercial breed (Cobb 500 giving high growth performance
and meat yield in industrial poultry production system in
the world, including Vietnam). Therefore, candidate genes GH,
GHR, GHSR and insulin related to these traits were
investigated for identifying their single nucleotide
polymorphisms by using PCR-RFLP method across different
populations of chicken. The results provide basic foundation
to continuously study the effects of genetic polymorphisms
in the candidate genes on performance and meat quality
traits of local Vietnamese chickens.
 
Keywords: Genetic variation, Candidate genes,
Chicken, Vietnam.

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