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Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in akirin 2 gene with marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Marbling defined by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat, so-called Shimofuri, is an economically important trait of beef cattle in Japan. The c17-25 expressed sequence tag (EST) has been previously shown to possess expression difference in musculus longissimus muscle between low-marbled and high-marbled steer groups, and to be located within genomic region of a quantitative trait locus for marbling. Thus, the akirin 2 (AKIRIN2) gene containing the c17-25 EST sequence was considered as a positional functional candidate for the gene responsible for marbling. In this study, we explored single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the AKIRIN2 and analyzed association of the SNP with marbling. FINDINGS:A SNP in the 3' untranslated region of the AKIRIN2, referred to as c.*188G>A, was the only difference detected between high- and low-marbled steer groups. The SNP was associated with marbling in 3 experiments using 100 sires (P = 0.041), 753 paternal half-sib progeny steers from 4 sires heterozygous for the c.*188G>A (P = 0.005), and 730 paternal half-sib progeny steers from 3 sires homozygous for the A allele at the c.*188G>A (P = 0.047), in Japanese Black beef cattle. The effect of genotypes of the SNP on subcutaneous fat thickness was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION:These findings suggest that the AKIRIN2 SNP polymorphism is associated with marbling and may be useful for effective marker-assisted selection to increase the levels of marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle.

SUBMITTER: Sasaki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2715414 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in akirin 2 gene with marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle.

Sasaki Seiki S   Yamada Takahisa T   Sukegawa Shin S   Miyake Takeshi T   Fujita Tatsuo T   Morita Mitsuo M   Ohta Takeshi T   Takahagi Youichi Y   Murakami Hiroshi H   Morimatsu Fumiki F   Sasaki Yoshiyuki Y  

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<h4>Background</h4>Marbling defined by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat, so-called Shimofuri, is an economically important trait of beef cattle in Japan. The c17-25 expressed sequence tag (EST) has been previously shown to possess expression difference in musculus longissimus muscle between low-marbled and high-marbled steer groups, and to be located within genomic region of a quantitative trait locus for marbling. Thus, the akirin 2 (AKIRIN2) gene containing the c17-25 EST seque  ...[more]

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