Investigations into the GDF8 g+6723G-A polymorphism in New Zealand Texel sheep

被引：49

作者：

Johnson, P. L. ^{[1
]}

Dodds, K. G. ^{[1
]}

Bain, W. E. ^{[1
]}

Greer, G. J. ^{[1
]}

McLean, N. J. ^{[1
]}

McLaren, R. J. ^{[2
]}

Galloway, S. M. ^{[1
]}

van Stijn, T. C. ^{[1
]}

McEwan, J. C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] AgRes Invermay, Mosgiel, New Zealand

[2] Univ Otago, Hlth & Safety Compliance Off, Dunedin, New Zealand

来源：

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE | 2009年 / 87卷 / 06期

关键词：

computed tomography; growth differentiation factor gene; lamb; meat yield; Texel; Viascan; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; MYOSTATIN GDF8; CARCASS TRAITS; MUSCULARITY; GENE; PHENOTYPE; GROWTH; CATTLE; MOUSE;

D O I：

10.2527/jas.2008-1508

中图分类号：

S8 [畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];

学科分类号：

0905 ;

摘要：

This work investigated effects of carrying 0, 1, or 2 copies of the A allele resulting from the g+6723G-A transition in growth differentiation factor gene (GDF8) in New Zealand Texel-cross sheep at different lamb ages and carcass weights. Two Texel-cross sires carrying 1 copy of the A allele were mated to approximately 200 ewes carrying 0, 1, or 2 copies of the A allele. A total of 187 progeny were generated and genotyped to determine whether they were carrying 0, 1, or 2 copies of the A allele. The progeny were assigned to 1 of 4 slaughter groups balanced for the 3 genotypes, sex, and sire. The 4 groups were slaughtered commercially when their average BW (across all progeny in the slaughter group) reached 33, 40, 43, and 48 kg, respectively. Measurements of BW, and carcass dimensions and yield were made on all animals using Viascan (a commercial 2-dimensional imaging system that estimates lean content of the carcass as a percentage of total carcass weight). Additional measurements were made on the fourth slaughter group, which was computed tomography scanned at each slaughter time point to obtain 4 serial measures of lean and fat as estimated from the computed tomography images. The A allele did not have an effect on any BW traits. The A allele was associated with increased muscle and decreased fat across the variety of measures of muscling and fat, explaining between 0.2 and 1.1 of a residual SD unit. Estimates for an additive effect were significant and were positive for muscle and negative for fat traits. No dominance effect estimates (positive or negative) were significant. There was no significant interaction between A allele number and carcass weight or slaughter group for any trait. This is the first systematic study of the effect of the A allele copy number over a range of carcass weights (13 to 20 kg) and ages and results suggest the size of the effect across these end-points is proportionately the same. Testing for the A allele therefore offers breeders the potential to improve rates of genetic gain for lean-meat yield across most production systems.

引用

页码：1856 / 1864

页数：9

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