Journal
ANIMAL GENETICS
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 193-196Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2012.02370.x
Keywords
calpain 1 (mu; I) large subunit; calpastatin; cathepsin D; meat quality; Piedmontese; single-nucleotide polymorphism
Funding
- Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovini di Razza Piemontese
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Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the calpain 1, (mu/I) large subunit (CAPN1), calpastatin (CAST), and cathepsin D (CTSD) genes were analyzed in a large sample of Piemontese cattle. The aim of this study was to evaluate allele and genotype frequencies of these SNPs and to investigate associations of CAPN1, CAST, and CTSD gene variants with meat quality traits. Minor allele frequencies ranged from 30 to 48%. The presence of the A allele at CAPN530 increased yellowness and drip loss. The CAST282G allele was associated with an increased drip loss compared to the C allele, and the CAST2959 A allele decreased redness compared to the G allele.
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