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Growth Hormone Gene Polymorphisms in Mature Healthy Male Muscovy Ducks in Egypt

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Health, Nutrition and Food Control (Veterinary Public Health, Animal Wealth Development, Animal Nutrition, Zoonoses, Food Control)

Abstract

Blood samples were obtained from 28 mature healthy male Muscovy ducks for screening of a partial sequence of Growth hormone gene (GH gene) for single nucleotide polymorphisms using PCR amplification of the extracted DNA. The results of our research revealed one locus of exon 2 of growth hormone gene and its partial flanking intron. Polymorphisms in this locus were investigated by using direct sequencing and single strand conformational polymorphism (SSCP) technique. One unique pattern of SSCP was detected. Nucleotide sequencing was performed to endorse the current result which proved the absence of single nucleotides' polymorphisms (SNPs) or any other type of polymorphisms in the studied locus. The DNA sequencing and PCR-SSCP patterns confirmed that there was no polymorphism in all studied birds. In turn, it is spelled that PCR-SSCP failed to produce electrophoresis patterns capable of discriminating between the GH gene loci in Muscovy duck breed revealing no polymorphism in all studied individuals. Also, we compared our sequences with the published sequence on the gene bank of GH gene in Mallard ducks under the following accession number AB158762.1. Three SNPs were detected between Muscovy and Mallard breeds which are (94 A-G, 271 C-T and 298 G-A) these SNPs led to change of two amino acids proline and valine amino acids in GH protein in mallard ducks into serine and isoleucine in Muscovy ducks.  In conclusion, these changes in the nucleotide sequence, amino acid and protein chain may be the main cause of differences of the phenotypic features, productive and reproductive traits between Muscovy and mallard duck breeds.

DOI

10.21608/zvjz.2019.16280.1074

Keywords

Growth hormone gene, Polymorphism, Muscovy duck, PCR-SSCP

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

ElAraby

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Affiliation

Animal Breedding & Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Vet Med, Zagazig University

Email

genetics_engineering@yahoo.com

City

Sharkia

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First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Awad

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511, Egypt

Email

ashrafgenetic@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

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First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511, Egypt

Email

lateefsaleh@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Amir

Last Name

Abd El-Fattah

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511, Egypt

Email

dr_amir_genetics@yahoo.com

City

Egypt

Orcid

-

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Tahoun

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, 44511, Egypt

Email

marwa.om.omer.tahoun@gmail.com

City

Egypt

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Volume

48

Article Issue

1

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11733

Issue Date

2020-03-01

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2019-08-27

Publish Date

2020-03-01

Page Start

79

Page End

87

Print ISSN

1110-1458

Online ISSN

2357-075X

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601

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Zagazig Veterinary Journal

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https://zvjz.journals.ekb.eg/

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Growth Hormone Gene Polymorphisms in Mature Healthy Male Muscovy Ducks in Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023