Phenotypic Characterization of Rambouillet Sheep Expressing the Callipyge Gene: I. Inheritance of the Condition and Production Characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-18

  Jackson, S P ^a   Green, R D ^a,b   Miller, M F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Callipyge; Efficiency; Growth; Sheep; Wool

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WOOL;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; WOOL;

EID: 0030638548     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75114x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Arthur, P. F., M. Makarechian, R. K. Salmon, and M. A. Price. 1990. Plasma growth hormone and insulin concentrations in double-muscled and normal bull calves. J. Anim. Sci. 68:1609.
2. Cockett, N. E., S. P. Jackson, T. D. Shay, D. Nielsen, S. S. Moore, M. R. Steele, W. Barendse, R. D. Green, and M. Georges. 1994. Chromosomal location of the callipyge gene in sheep (ovis aries) using bovine DNA markers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 91:3019.
3. Geay, Y., J. Robelin, M. Vermorel, and C. Beranger. 1982. Muscular development and energy utilization in cattle: The double-muscled as an extreme or a deviant animal. In: J.W.B. King and F. Menissier (Ed.) Muscle Hypertrophy of Genetic Origin and Its Use to Improve Beef Production. Curr. Top. Vet. Med Anim Sci. 16:74.
4. Hanset, R., and M. Jardrain. 1979. Selection for double muscling and calving problems. E. E. Seminar in "Calving problems and early viability of the calf". Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Commission of the European Communities, Freising 1977. pp 91-104.
5. Henry, Y., and P. Sellier. 1982. Some nutritional particularities of pig breeds with high muscle development (Pietrain, Belgian Landrace). In: J.W.B. King and F. Menissier (Ed.) Muscle Hypertrophy of Genetic Origin and Its Use to Improve Beef Production. Curr. Top. Vet. Med. Anim. Sci. 16:88.
6. Holmes, J.H.G., and C. R. Ashmore. 1972. A histochemical study of development of muscle fiber type and size in normal and double muscled-cattle. Growth 36:351.
7. Kidwell, J. F., E. H. Vernon, R. M. Crown, and C. B. Singletary. 1952. Muscular hypertrophy in cattle. J. Hered. 43:62.
8. Kieffer, N. M., T. C. Cartwright, W. A. Landmann, R. L. Hostetlo, A. M. Sorenson, J. R. Greely, and R. G. Greely. 1971. Characterization of the double muscle syndrome: Its genetics, anatomy, physiology, meat chemistry and carcass qualities. Progress report (Oct.) Dept. Anim. Sci., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, p 10.
9. Menissier, F. 1982. General survey of the effect of double muscling on cattle performance. In: J.W.B. King and F. Menissier (Ed.) Muscle Hypertrophy of Genetic Origin and Its Use to Improve Beef Production. Curr. Top. Vet. Med. Anim. Sci. 16:23.
10. Nott, C.F.G., and W. C. Rollins. 1973. Effects of the M gene for muscle hypertrophy on body conformations and size in beef cattle. Genetics 74:198.
11. NRC. 1985. Nutrient Requirements of Sheep (6th Rev. Ed.). National Press, Washington, DC.
12. Ramondi, R. 1964. Results of a test of a commercial cross between a double muscled Piedmont bull and Red Pied Aosta cows. Anim. Breed. Abstr. 32:454.
13. Reik, T. R., W. E. Rempel, C. J. McGrath, and P. B. Addis. 1983. Further evidence on the inheritance of Halothane reaction in pigs. J. Anim. Sci. 57:826.
14. Rollins, W. C., M. Tanaka, C.F.G. Nott, and R. B. Thiessen. 1972. On the mode of inheritance of double-muscled conformation in bovines. Hilgardia 41:433.
15. SAS. 1990. SAS User's Guide: Statistics. SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC.
16. Smith, C., and P. R. Bampton. 1977. Inheritance of reaction to halothane anesthesia in pigs. Genet. Res. 29:287.
17. Thiessen, R. B., and W. C. Rollins. 1982. A comparison of normal and heterozygous animals for double muscling in British breeds of cattle. In: J.W.B. King and F. Menissier (Ed.) Muscle Hypertrophy of Genetic Origin and Its Use to Improve Beef Production. Curr. Top. Vet. Med. Anim. Sci. 16:205.