The two mutations, Q204X and nt821, of the myostatin gene affect carcass and meat quality in young heterozygous bulls of French beef breeds

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 446-454

  Allais, S ^a,b   Leveziel H ^c   Payet Duprat, N ^c   Hocquette, J F ^d   Lepetit, J ^e   Rousset, S ^f   Denoyelle, C ^g   Bernard Capel, C ^g   Journaux, L ^b   Bonnot, A ^g   Renand, G ^a  

^a UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

^b Union Nationale des Coopératives Agricoles d'Elevage et d'Insémination Animale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^e UR370 QuaPA   (France)

^f CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^g Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass trait; GDF8; Meat quality; Myostatin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FAT; MYOSTATIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MEAT; MUTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FATS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOSTATIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 75949105667     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2385     Document Type: Article

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