Milk production in the post-genomic era

Milk plays an important role in human nutrition. Nowadays, dairy industry is oriented in the production of increasing number of different milk products and technological properties of milk are gaining more and more attention. Introduction of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970 and developme...

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Main Authors: Polona FRAJMAN, Peter DOVČ
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2004-12-01
Series:Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14745
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description Milk plays an important role in human nutrition. Nowadays, dairy industry is oriented in the production of increasing number of different milk products and technological properties of milk are gaining more and more attention. Introduction of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970 and development of molecular genetics enabled studies of the organization of milk protein genes and mechanisms involved in their expression. Genome research in farm animals was oriented in production of low-density genetic maps with the emphasis on the genetic variation in some functionally important regions. In the public databases, 1598 cattle genes have already been mapped and partially sequenced by the end of 2003. In addition, numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) were mapped for economically important traits. Typical examples include milk yield and milk composition in dairy cattle. The availability of genomic DNA sequences for a number of potential candidate genes with an impact on production traits allowed construction of cattle genome microarrays. Functional studies of milk protein genes revealed the impact of different genetic variants on technological properties of milk. Genomics approach thus offers an entirely new way to identify complex interactions among milk protein genes other genes involved in milk production and elucidation of the complex regulatory network allowing efficient milk production in the mammary gland.
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spelling doaj-art-5fc7e6550c294d4381f2d68d8ee1559b2025-08-20T02:57:37ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412004-12-0184210911910.14720/aas.2004.84.2.1474521137Milk production in the post-genomic eraPolona FRAJMAN0Peter DOVČ1Univ. of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Fac., Dept. of Animal Science, Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domžale, SloveniaUniv. of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Fac., Dept. of Animal Science, Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domžale, SloveniaMilk plays an important role in human nutrition. Nowadays, dairy industry is oriented in the production of increasing number of different milk products and technological properties of milk are gaining more and more attention. Introduction of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970 and development of molecular genetics enabled studies of the organization of milk protein genes and mechanisms involved in their expression. Genome research in farm animals was oriented in production of low-density genetic maps with the emphasis on the genetic variation in some functionally important regions. In the public databases, 1598 cattle genes have already been mapped and partially sequenced by the end of 2003. In addition, numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) were mapped for economically important traits. Typical examples include milk yield and milk composition in dairy cattle. The availability of genomic DNA sequences for a number of potential candidate genes with an impact on production traits allowed construction of cattle genome microarrays. Functional studies of milk protein genes revealed the impact of different genetic variants on technological properties of milk. Genomics approach thus offers an entirely new way to identify complex interactions among milk protein genes other genes involved in milk production and elucidation of the complex regulatory network allowing efficient milk production in the mammary gland.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14745milk productiontechnological propertieslactoproteinsmolecular geneticsquantitative trait lociqtlgenomicsmicro array
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Milk production in the post-genomic era
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milk production
technological properties
lactoproteins
molecular genetics
quantitative trait loci
qtl
genomics
micro array
title Milk production in the post-genomic era
title_full Milk production in the post-genomic era
title_fullStr Milk production in the post-genomic era
title_full_unstemmed Milk production in the post-genomic era
title_short Milk production in the post-genomic era
title_sort milk production in the post genomic era
topic milk production
technological properties
lactoproteins
molecular genetics
quantitative trait loci
qtl
genomics
micro array
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/14745
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