Genetic polymorphisms related to meat traits in purebred and crossbred Nelore cattle
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2009-12-01
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Curi, Rogerio Abdallah [UNESP]
Fortes, Marina Rufino Salinas
Chardulo, Luis Artur Loyola [UNESP]
Silveira, Antonio Carlos [UNESP]
Arrigoni, Mario de Beni [UNESP]
Martins, Cyntia Ludovico [UNESP]
Assumpção, Mayra Elena Ortiz D' Avila
Oliveira, Henrique Nunes de [UNESP]
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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
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O presente trabalho objetivou estimar, em bovinos de corte de diferentes grupos genéticos (Nelore e Nelore x Bos taurus), as frequências alélicas e genotípicas dos polimorfismos CAST/XmnI, do gene da calpastatina, e CAPN530, do gene da calpaína, bem como avaliar a ocorrência de associações entre esses polimorfismos e características da carcaça e da carne produzida. Trezentos animais - 114 Nelore, 67 Angus x Nelore, 44 Rubia Galega x Nelore, 41 Canchim, 19 tricross Brangus e 15 tricross Braunvieh - foram genotipados por PCR-RFLP e fenotipados para área de olho de lombo (AOL), cobertura de gordura subcutânea (CGS), gordura intramuscular (GI), força de cisalhamento (FC) e índice de fragmentação miofibrilar (IFM). A ocorrência dos dois alelos dos polimorfismos de nucleotídeo único (SNPs) CAST/XmnI e CAPN530 em animais B. indicus, que viabilizou estudos de associação em gado Nelore puro e cruzado, foi demonstrada pela primeira vez neste trabalho. Nenhuma relação foi encontrada entre os SNPs dos genes CAST e CAPN1 e as características de crescimento (AOL) ou deposição de gordura (CGS e GI), já que a calpastatina e a µ-calpaína não estão fisiologicamente envolvidas com essas características. Os resultados de associação entre os genótipos e a maciez da carne maturada (avaliada por FC e IFM) mostraram a pouca utilidade desses marcadores na seleção de bovinos Nelore puros ou cruzados com B. taurus.
The objective of this work was to estimate the allelic and genotypic frequencies of CAST/XmnI, a calpastatin gene polymorphism, and CAPN530, a calpain 1 large subunit gene polymorphism, in different beef genetic groups (Nelore and Nelore x Bos taurus), and to investigate associations between these polymorphisms and carcass and meat traits. Three hundred animals - comprising 114 Nelore, 67 Angus x Nelore, 44 Rubia Gallega x Nelore, 41 Canchim, 19 Brangus three-way cross and 15 Braunvieh three-way cross- were genotyped by PCR-RFLP and phenotyped for rib-eye area (REA), back-fat thickness (BT), intramuscular fat (IF), shear force (SF) and myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI). The occurrence of the two alleles of the CAST/XmnI and CAPN530 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a B. indicus breed, which permitted association studies in purebred and crossbred Nelore cattle, was first shown in the present work. No relationship was found between the CAST or CAPN1 SNPs and growth-related traits (REA) or fat deposition (BT and IF), since calpastatin and µ-calpain are not physiologically involved with these traits. Moreover, the association results between genotypes and aged meat tenderness (assessed by SF and MFI) showed that these markers are useless in assisted selection for purebred Nelore and their crosses with B. taurus.
The objective of this work was to estimate the allelic and genotypic frequencies of CAST/XmnI, a calpastatin gene polymorphism, and CAPN530, a calpain 1 large subunit gene polymorphism, in different beef genetic groups (Nelore and Nelore x Bos taurus), and to investigate associations between these polymorphisms and carcass and meat traits. Three hundred animals - comprising 114 Nelore, 67 Angus x Nelore, 44 Rubia Gallega x Nelore, 41 Canchim, 19 Brangus three-way cross and 15 Braunvieh three-way cross- were genotyped by PCR-RFLP and phenotyped for rib-eye area (REA), back-fat thickness (BT), intramuscular fat (IF), shear force (SF) and myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI). The occurrence of the two alleles of the CAST/XmnI and CAPN530 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a B. indicus breed, which permitted association studies in purebred and crossbred Nelore cattle, was first shown in the present work. No relationship was found between the CAST or CAPN1 SNPs and growth-related traits (REA) or fat deposition (BT and IF), since calpastatin and µ-calpain are not physiologically involved with these traits. Moreover, the association results between genotypes and aged meat tenderness (assessed by SF and MFI) showed that these markers are useless in assisted selection for purebred Nelore and their crosses with B. taurus.
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Bos indicus, calpain gene, calpastatin gene, Meat tenderness, single nucleotide polymorphisms, Bos indicus, gene da calpaína, gene da calpastatina, Maciez da carne, polimorfismos de nucleotídeo único
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Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA) Informação TecnológicaPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, v. 44, n. 12, p. 1660-1666, 2009.