Association of CAPN1 and CAST gene polymorphisms with meat tenderness in Bos taurus beef cattle from Argentina

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1064-1069

  Corva, Pablo M ^a   Soria, Liliana ^b   Schor, Alejandro ^b   Villarreal, Edgardo ^c   Cenci, Macarena Pérez ^a   Motter, Mariana ^b   Mezzadra, Carlos ^c   Melucci, Lilia ^a   Miquel, Cristina ^b   Paván, Enrique ^c   Depetris, Gustavo ^c   Santini, Francisco ^c   Naón, Juan Grigera ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; CAPNI; CAST; Genetic markers; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULLOCK; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 37649019160     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572007000600006     Document Type: Article

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