Assessment of the myostatin Q204X allele using an allelic discrimination assay

Abstract

An allelic discrimination assay was designed and used to determine the genotypic and allelic frequencies of the myostatin (MSTN) gene Q204X allele from two Mexican Full-French herds. The assay is a simple high throughput genotyping method that could be applied to investigate the effect of the Q204X allele on the Charolais breed.

Keywords

• cattle
• Charolais
• carcass marker
• allelic form
• SNP detection