RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Zhou, G.L.
A1 Cao, Y.
A1 Jin, H.G.
T1 Identification of SNPs in ME1 gene and association analysis with meat  quality traits in Chinese Red cattle
JF Czech Journal of Animal Science
YR 2014
VO 59
IS 7
SP 297
OP 301
DO 10.17221/7526-CJAS
UL https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201407-0001.php
AB 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<sub>24h</sub> (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.