TY  - JOUR
T1  - The <I>Pancreatic lipase</I> Gene is Associated with Marbling in Japanese Black Beef Cattle
AU - Tanomura, Hideki AU - Yamamoto, Takuji AU - Muramatsu, Youji AU - Ohta, Takeshi AU - Kose, Hiroyuki AU - Yamada, Takahisa 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 13
SP  - 1719
EP  - 1723
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.1719.1723
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.1719.1723
KW  - Association
KW  -beef cattle
KW  -Japanese black breed
KW  -marbling
KW  -PNLIP
KW  -single nucleotide polymorphism
AB  - Marbling defined by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat so-called Shimofuri is an economically important trait of beef cattle in Japan. The <I>Pancreatic lipase</I> (Pnlip) gene involved in energy income and fat regulation has been previously shown to be regarded as possible candidate for a rat Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) responsible for intramuscular fat content. It is located within the genomic region of a bovine QTL for marbling and thus was considered as a positional functional candidate for the gene responsible for marbling. In this study, we showed that Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the bovine PNLIP were associated with the predicted breeding value for beef marbling standard number by analyses using a population of Japanese Black beef cattle. The effect of genotypes at each of the SNPs on the predicted breeding value for subcutaneous fat thickness was not statistically significant. The findings suggest that PNLIP SNPs may be useful for effective marker-assisted selection to increase the levels of marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle.
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