Italian Journal of Animal Science (Jan 2010)

Effect of some candidate genes on meat characteristics of three cattle breeds

  • Alessio Valentini,
  • Sergio Gigli,
  • Francesco Filippini,
  • Chiara Berti,
  • Michela Contò,
  • Alessandra Crisà,
  • Cinzia Marchitelli,
  • Antonella Cuteri,
  • Sebastiana Failla

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2009.s2.81
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2s
pp. 81 – 83

Abstract

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With the aim to assess if some molecular markers can help to select animals for meat characteristics, we studied 84 individuals equally representing the Marchigiana, Maremmana, and Holstein Friesian cattle breeds genotyped at 288 SNPs located within candidate genes. Several SNPs were found associated with meat quality parameters but with P which was higher than the Bonferroni threshold. However, several SNPs had a low P at different times during meat maturation, suggesting their involvement in the meat quality variation. Of particular interest for the biological role and potential for selection were: cathepsin G affecting MFI, IGF1R affecting pH and collagen XVIII affecting colour.

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