The invention discloses a method for detecting the
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of an ADD1
gene of cattle, which comprises the following steps: through taking a
genomic DNA of cattle containing an ADD1
gene as a template and taking a primer mix P as a primer, the ADD1
gene of cattle is amplified through PCR (
polymerase chain reaction), then the segment size of the obtained product is amplified through AGE (
agarose gel electrophoresis) detection; and then, the detection on SSCP (
single strand conformation polymorphism) is performed. The polymorphism of the gene comprises a base polymorphism that the 70027th bit in an ADD1
gene sequence table SEQID No.8 of cattle is G or A, and a base polymorphism that the 70051th bit in the ADD1
gene sequence table SEQID No.8 of cattle is G or A. The analysis on the correlation between the SSCP polymorphism and the production performance shows that: a certain correlation exits between the polymorphic site and the production performance, therefore, the weight of a
Qinchuan cattle (
genotype: BB) is significantly higher than that of a cattle (
genotype: AA). The method is used for the auxiliary selection and
molecular breeding of cattle through screening and detecting molecular genetic markers closely relating to the growth properties of cattle on
a DNA level, therefore, the method plays a vital role in improving the production performance of cattle.