Table 5. Nutriregulated miRNA which bovine equivalent is located in QTL associated with milk production and composition.
QTL | Associated with milk components | Associated with mammary tissue health | |
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Bovine chromosome | Fat percentage and content | Protein yield | Somatic cell score |
BTA 4 | mir-671 | mir-671 | mir-671 |
BTA 18 | mir-140 | ||
BTA 21 | mir-494, mir-541, mir-409a |
Conservation between nutriregulated and bovine miRNA was checked and their localization in QTL (CattleQTLdb, http://www.animalgenome.org/cgi-bin/QTLdb/BT/) associated with milk was investigated.