@article{MAKHILLAJ20138320583, title = {Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Calpain 3 (CAPN3) Gene in Yak}, journal = {Agricultural Journal}, volume = {8}, number = {3}, pages = {119-122}, year = {2013}, issn = {1816-9155}, doi = {aj.2013.119.122}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-9155&doi=aj.2013.119.122}, author = {Jiang,Shaobin,Xiu,Yuzhu,Li and}, keywords = {Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP),Calpain 3 (CAPN3) gene,Yak (Bos grunniens),PCR-SSCP,China}, abstract = {The Calpain3 (CAPN3) gene, located within the confidence interval of the Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) affecting meat tenderness, being regarded as a candidate gene for meat tenderness in cattle. In this study, SNPs in exon 23-intron 23 region of the yak CAPN3 was investigated from 1032 yak with Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism (PCR-SSCP). Three Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), resulting in three novel alleles were detected in this region, respectively. These variations included one synonymous in exon 23 and two SNPs in intron 23. Allele C was the most common allele (63.18%) in all of yak. These SNPs are the first report in yak CAPN3 and also suggest further analysis is required to explore the relations between variation sites and meat tenderness.} }