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The aim of this study was to determine whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of bovine Dickkopf homolog 4 (DKK4) are associated with body measurement traits in Qinchuan cattle. By using PCR-SSCP technology and DNA sequencing, we discovered 5 DKK4 SNPs in Qingchuan cattle, including -65G&gt;A and -77G&gt;T in the 5'-untranslated region, 1532C&gt;G and 1533T&gt;C in exon 2, and 2088C&gt;T in exon 3. The sequencing map showed that 1532C&gt;G and 1533T&gt;C were in close linkage disequilibrium and were treated as 1532C&gt;G-1533T&gt;C in this study. Allele frequencies were calculated and analyzed by the chi-square test, which showed that -65G&gt;A and 1532C&gt;G-1533T&gt;C were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P &gt; 0.05), whereas -77G&gt;T and 2088C&gt;T were not in all 633 tested Qinchuan cattle individuals (P &lt; 0.01). Gene heterozygosity (HE), effective allele number (NE), and polymorphism information content (PIC) were 0.407, 1.686, and 0.324 at -65G&gt;A; 0.472, 1.894, and 0.361 at -77G&gt;T; 0.476, 1.908, and 0.363 at 1532C&gt;G-1533T&gt;C; and 0.218, 1.279, and 0.195 at 2088C&gt;T. We also evaluated the potential association of these SNPs with body measurement traits in all 633 individuals; the results suggest that several SNPs in Qinchuan cattle DKK4 were significantly associated with body length, hip height, rump length, hip width, heart girth, and pin bone width (P &lt; 0.05 and P &lt; 0.01). These results suggest that bovine DKK4 could be used as candidate gene for Qinchuan cattle breeding.

Novel SNPs in the exon region of bovine DKK4 gene and their association with body measurement traits in Qinchuan cattle