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

AUTOR(ES)

Liu, Min, Peng, Jian, Xu, Dequan, Zheng, Rong, Li, Feng’e, Li, Jialian, Zuo, Bo, Lei, Minggang, Xiong, Yuanzhu, Deng, Changyan, Jiang, Siwen

FONTE

Genetics and Molecular Biology

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007-03

RESUMO

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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