The association of the porcine Pitx2c gene with meat quality traits was investigated in the present study. A total of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） were found. Allele frequencies of four SNPs were fur...The association of the porcine Pitx2c gene with meat quality traits was investigated in the present study. A total of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） were found. Allele frequencies of four SNPs were further detected in four commercial breeds and eight Chinese indigenous breeds. Single SNP and meat quality associations were analyzed in a YorkshirexMeishan F2 population. The SNPs c.474C〉T （P〈0.01） and c.636C〉T （P〈0.05） showed a significant association with meat color （MCV1）. The SNPs c,＊37G〉A and c.＊47G〉A were significantly associated with drip loss rate （DLR）, water holding capacity （WHC） and meat color value （MCV1） consistently （P〈0.05）. Linkage disequilibrium （LD） analysis revealed that the adjacent SNPs were in LD. Two major haplotypes were identified, and association analysis between haplotype combinations and meat quality indicated that the presence of two copies of haplotype 1 -CCGG- may improve meat quality.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2006CB102102)National High Technology Research and Development Program (Grant No.2006AA10Z1D6)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30800782)New Teacher Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No.20070504064)
文摘The association of the porcine Pitx2c gene with meat quality traits was investigated in the present study. A total of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） were found. Allele frequencies of four SNPs were further detected in four commercial breeds and eight Chinese indigenous breeds. Single SNP and meat quality associations were analyzed in a YorkshirexMeishan F2 population. The SNPs c.474C〉T （P〈0.01） and c.636C〉T （P〈0.05） showed a significant association with meat color （MCV1）. The SNPs c,＊37G〉A and c.＊47G〉A were significantly associated with drip loss rate （DLR）, water holding capacity （WHC） and meat color value （MCV1） consistently （P〈0.05）. Linkage disequilibrium （LD） analysis revealed that the adjacent SNPs were in LD. Two major haplotypes were identified, and association analysis between haplotype combinations and meat quality indicated that the presence of two copies of haplotype 1 -CCGG- may improve meat quality.
