Table 2.
Members of the bovine and ovine PRL and GH gene families
| Member | Abbreviation | Bovine GenBank Accession No. | Ovine GenBank Accession No. |
| Prolactin family members* | |||
| Prolactin | PRL | V00112 | M27057 |
| Placental lactogen | PL | NM_181007 | M31660 |
| Prolactin related protein-I | PRP-I | NM_174159 | --- |
| Prolactin related protein-II | PRP-II | M27239 | --- |
| Prolactin related protein-III | PRP-III | NM_174160 | --- |
| Prolactin related protein-IV | PRP-IV | M33269 | --- |
| Prolactin related protein-V | PRP-V | X15975 | --- |
| Prolactin related protein-VI | PRP-VI | X59504 | --- |
| Growth hormone family members | |||
| Growth hormone | GH | NM_180996 | AH005460 |
| Growth hormone2-Z | GH2-Z | --- | AH005492 |
*Please note that the list of bovine and ovine PRL family members is probably not complete. Additional bovine PRL family members and possibly ovine PRL members may be discovered as bovine and ovine genome projects move forward.