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LEA proteins have an important role in the response of plants to abiotic stresses. Cinnamomum micranthum f. kanehirae, a medicinal and aromatic plant belonging to the Lauraceae family. The genome sequence of the Kanehirae or Stout Camphor tree was recently completed. Although there are studies on its genome, there are no studies on LEA genes. 57 LEA genes (CmiLEA) were identified in the Stout Camphor genome. CmiLEA was divided into 8 distinct clusters based on phylogenetic analysis. When the subcellular localizations of CmiLEA were examined, they were found to be localized mostly in the cytoplasm. A total of 13 genes targeting only one miRNA were identified. In CmiLEA, a total of 23 genes were found to have only exon regions and no introns. In total, 35 conserved motifs were identified, while there was only one conserved motif in CmiLEA-42. Consistent with the 3D structure results, CmiLEA-21, CmiLEA-31, CmiLEA-44, CmiLEA-45, and CmiLEA57 from the LEA-2 subfamily showed over 90% accuracy. The present study was the first in-silico analysis of LEA genes in Cinnamomum micranthum f. Kanehirae. It is thought that it may form a base for advanced functional analysis in Cinnamomum in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, genetic information obtained in terms of milk yield and milk quality characteristics was used in order to increase the accuracy of breeding selection of Turkish Saanen goats. For this purpose, DNA sequencing of PPARG and PPARA genes from Turkish Saanen goats were compared with the sequences in gene databases and single nucleotide polymorphisms were examined. A relationship was found between some quality parameters (fat, protein and somatic cell count) of milk measurements of Turkish Saanen goats and PPARA and PPARG gene variants. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected in the exons and introns of the relevant gene variants, however, these polymorphisms did not have a statistically significant effect on quality parameters (p>0.05). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]