The application of gene marker-assisted selection and proteomics for the best meat quality criteria and body measurements in Qinchuan cattle breed

ME Abd El-Hack, SA Abdelnour, AA Swelum… - Molecular biology …, 2018 - Springer
In the past few decades, enhancement of animal productivity has been gaining increasing
attention among decisions-makers, politicians, mangers, and breeders, because of the …

Identification of novel mRNA isoforms associated with meat tenderness using RNA sequencing data in beef cattle

MMM Muniz, LFS Fonseca, DB dos Santos Silva… - Meat science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) and myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI)
are complementary methodologies used to measure beef tenderness. Longissimus thoracis …

Gene co-expression analysis indicates potential pathways and regulators of beef tenderness in Nellore cattle

TM Gonçalves, LC de Almeida Regitano… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Beef tenderness, a complex trait affected by many factors, is economically important to beef
quality, industry, and consumer's palatability. In this study, RNA-Seq was used in network …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium and potassium content in beef: Influences on tenderness and associations with molecular markers in Nellore cattle

PC Tizioto, CF Gromboni, AR de Araujo Nogueira… - Meat science, 2014 - Elsevier
Calcium (Ca) and potassium (K) are essential nutrients in animal nutrition. Furthermore, the
Ca content can influence meat tenderness because it is needed by the proteolytic system of …

HSF1 and HSPA6 as functional candidate genes associated with heat tolerance in Angus cattle

MM Baena, PC Tizioto, SLC Meirelles… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The purpose of this study was to access and characterize single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNP) located within the HSF1 and HSPA6 candidate genes for adaptability in Angus breed …

Growth performance and meat quality evaluations in three-way cross cattle developed for the Tibetan Plateau and their molecular understanding by integrative omics …

XK Cao, J Cheng, YZ Huang, XG Wang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite of favorable characteristics of high protein, low fat, and free-pollution, yak meat has
intrinsically poor performance in tenderness and color, which is ever challenging yak sector …

ATP Sensitive Potassium Channels in the Skeletal Muscle Function: Involvement of the KCNJ11(Kir6.2) Gene in the Determination of Mechanical Warner Bratzer …

D Tricarico, M Selvaggi, G Passantino… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ATP-sensitive K+-channels (KATP) are distributed in the tissues coupling metabolism
with K+ ions efflux. KATP subunits are encoded by KCNJ8 (Kir6. 1), KCNJ11 (Kir6. 2) …

Genome-wide identification of major genes and genomic prediction using high-density and text-mined gene-based SNP panels in Hanwoo (Korean cattle)

HJ Lee, YJ Chung, S Jang, DW Seo, HK Lee, D Yoon… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
It was hypothesized that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) extracted from text-mined
genes could be more tightly related to causal variant for each trait and that differentially …

DNA methylation may affect beef tenderness through signal transduction in Bos indicus

MM de Souza, SCM Niciura, MIP Rocha, Z Pan… - Epigenetics & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Beef tenderness is a complex trait of economic importance for the beef industry.
Understanding the epigenetic mechanisms underlying this trait may help improve the …

Prune homolog 2 with BCH domain (PRUNE2) gene expression is associated with feed efficiency-related traits in Nelore steers

AO Lima, JM Malheiros, J Afonso, J Petrini… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Animal feeding is a critical factor in increasing producer profitability. Improving feed
efficiency can help reduce feeding costs and reduce the environmental impact of beef …