MYPN gene

A novel polymorphism of the MYPN gene and its association with meat quality traits in Bos taurus

Y. Jiao, Zan, L. S., Liu, Y. F., Wang, H. B., and Guo, B. L., A novel polymorphism of the MYPN gene and its association with meat quality traits in Bos taurus, vol. 9, pp. 1751-1758, 2010.

Myopalladin (MYPN) is a multifunctional protein that maintains sarcomeric integrity and regulates Z-line structure. It is an important candidate gene for meat quality selection through marker-assisted selection. Using PCR-RFLP technology, we discovered a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (A1795G in exon 9) of the MYPN gene. Allele frequencies of this SNP were investigated and evaluated by the χ2 test in 660 cattle populations in China; only the Nanyang population was not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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