The role of major genes and DNA technology in selection for meat quality in pigs

Vries, A.G. de; Sosnicki, A.; Garnier, Jean-Pierre; Plastow, Graham

doi:10.1016/s0309-1740(98)90052-3

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“…Research on mutations in targeted functional genes (candidate genes) and their association with economic traits has been performed to ascertain the genetic basis of production traits and to develop DNA tests as selection tools in pig breeding schemes (de Vries et al, 1998). This approach is a very promising route for the improvement of meat quality, since direct meat quality records are not available for potential breeding animals (Óvilo et al, 2006).…”

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Associations of MYF5 gene polymorphisms with meat quality traits in different domestic pig (Sus scrofa) populations

Liu

Peng

et al. 2007

Genet. Mol. Biol.

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The MYF5 gene is first inducibly expressed in muscle cell during embryonic muscle development and plays an important role in regulating the differentiation of skeletal muscle precursors. In this study we used PCR-RFLP to investigate two pig (Sus scrofa) populations (n = 302) for two MYF5 gene polymorphisms, a previously unreported novel Met-Leu shift single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) MYF5/Hsp92II located on exon 1 and the previously identified intron 1 MYF5/HinfI SNP. Haplotype and association analysis showed that haplotypes of the two SNPs were significantly associated with drip loss rate (DLR, p < 0.05), water holding capacity (WHC, p < 0.05), biceps femoris meat color value (MCV2, p < 0.05), biceps femoris marbling score (MM2, p < 0.01), longissimus dorsi intramuscular fat percentage (IMF, p < 0.01) and longissimus dorsi Water moisture content (WM, p < 0.01) in the population 2. However, further studies are needed to confirm these preliminary results.

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Associations of MYF5 gene polymorphisms with meat quality traits in different domestic pig (Sus scrofa) populations

Liu

Peng

et al. 2007

Genet. Mol. Biol.

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“…Therefore, more major genes and SNP molecular markers still need to be identified. There are three approaches that can be used to identify major genes [17]: The first method is to observe whether the 'major genes' are segregating in the population; the second is the 'genomic scan' method; and the third is the candidate gene approach, which is more straightforward and cheaper when compared with the other two approaches [18][19][20].…”

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Identification of four SNPs and association analysis with meat quality traits in the porcine Pitx2c gene

Zuo

Ren

et al. 2011

Sci. China Life Sci.

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“…Analyzing the association between candidate genes and productive traits is an advisable way to understand whether specific genes are correlated with specific traits in economic animals and we can take advantage of DNA tests in animal breeding as selection tools (De Vries, et al, 1998).…”

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Detection of SNPs in the BMP6 Gene and Their Association with Carcass and Bone Traits in Chicken

Cui

et al. 2017

Rev. Bras. Cienc. Avic.

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BMP6, a member of the subfamilies of the morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), plays a crucial role in osteogenic and chondrocyte differentiation in vitro and stimulates chondrogenesis, making chondrocytes differentiate on their terminal stage. The objective of this study is to explore the relationship between polymorphism of BMP6 gene and slaughter traits in chicken respectively. We screened the exonic and intronic regions of BMP6 gene by DNA pool construction and amplified DNA fragment by PCR, and finally, we got nine SNPs. Association analysis revealed that BMP6 had no significant association among all slaughter traits in Yellow bantam chicken. However, BMP6 had a significant difference with femur weight, tibia weight, femur length (p<0.05), and was extremely significant with tibia length (p<0.01) in Avian chicken. Moreover, femur perimeter also had significant correlation with BMP6 in Avian chicken. These results provide useful information for further investigation on the function of chicken BMP6 gene.

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The role of major genes and DNA technology in selection for meat quality in pigs

Cited by 22 publications

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Associations of MYF5 gene polymorphisms with meat quality traits in different domestic pig (Sus scrofa) populations

Associations of MYF5 gene polymorphisms with meat quality traits in different domestic pig (Sus scrofa) populations

Identification of four SNPs and association analysis with meat quality traits in the porcine Pitx2c gene

Detection of SNPs in the BMP6 Gene and Their Association with Carcass and Bone Traits in Chicken

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