PGC-1α gene

Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α gene is associated with chicken skeletal muscle fiber types

J. T. Shu, Xu, W. J., Zhang, M., Song, W. T., Shan, Y. J., Song, C., Zhu, W. Q., Zhang, X. Y., and Li, H. F., Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α gene is associated with chicken skeletal muscle fiber types, vol. 13, pp. 895-905, 2014.

The peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) is a candidate gene for meat quality traits because of its prominent role in muscle fiber type switching and determination. We investigated the effects of the PGC-1α gene on chicken skeletal muscle fiber type switching and on other meat quality traits. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected by PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing, and then genotyping was performed by PCR-ligation detection reaction methods.

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