Investigating the genetic basis of pork tenderness: Genomic analysis of porcine CAST

Animal Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-543

  Meyers, S N ^a   Beever, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpastatin; CAST; Meat quality; Porcine; Pork; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPASTATIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 52449134248     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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