Comparative Expression Profiling and Sequence Characterization of ATP1A1 Gene Associated with Heat Tolerance in Tropically Adapted Cattle.

Climate change is an imminent threat to livestock production. One adaptation strategy is selection for heat tolerance. While it is established that the gene and its product play an important role in the response to many stressors, there has been no attempt to characterize the sequence or to perform expression profiling of the gene in production animals.