Zhou G.L. author Cao Y. author Jin H.G. author text journal article 2014 The objective of this study was to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in coding regions of bovine ME1 gene and to evaluate if the polymorphisms are associated with meat quality traits in Chinese Red cattle. Four SNPs were identified: NW_001495544:g.1721768G>A in exon 2, g.1653796T>A in exon 4, g.1649532G>A in exon 5, and g.1546272T>C in exon 12 and they were genotyped by applying the PCR-RFLP method. Statistical analysis showed that two SNPs, g.1649532G>A and g.1546272T>C, were significantly associated with cooking loss and pH_24h (P < 0.05). But no statistically significant differences were observed in the g.1721768G>A and g.1653796A>T SNPs for meat quality traits tested in Chinese Red cattle. This suggests that ME1 gene is a candidate that may have effects on meat quality traits in cattle. candidate gene; polymorphism; beef; Chinese Red cattle 10.17221/7526-CJAS https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201407-0001.php https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201407-0001.php continuing 59 7 297 301 2014 12121819 periodical academic journal