Disclosed herein is a method for screening for the allele associated with
a desired SCS phenotype, which comprises: obtaining a DNA sample from a
bull to be tested for the desired SCS phenotype; and detecting the
presence of an adenine at position 11 in a gene encoding a bovine
beta2-adrenoreceptor. Also disclosed is a milling attribute PCR-RFLP kit
containing a pair of primers which flank the 11.sup.th nucleotide
position of the bovine beta2-adrenoreceptor gene, and a restriction
enzyme specific for the CCCGGG site, which can be SmaI.