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Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the calpastatin gene with carcass and meat quality traits of beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2006
Schenkel F S, Miller S P, Jiang Z, Mandell I B, Ye X, Li H, Wilton J W
Abstract excerpt
Calpastatin (CAST) is a naturally occurring protein that inhibits the normal tenderization of meat as it ages postmortem. A SNP was identified in the CAST gene (a G to C substitution) and genotyped on crossbred commercially fed heifers (n = 163), steers (n = 226), and bulls (n = 61) from beef feedlots, and steers (n = 178) from a University of Guelph feeding trial. The association of the CAST SNP with carcass and...
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