TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mutation in Exon 4 of apoVLDL-II Gene is a Candidate for Meat Tenderness in Chicken
AU - , Wu Sheng-Long AU - , H.H. Musa AU - , Bao Wen-Bin AU - , Wang Ke-Hua AU - , Zhu Guo-Qian AU - , Chen Guo-Hong 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 12
SP  - 1624
EP  - 1627
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.1624.1627
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.1624.1627
KW  - Mutation
KW  -apoVLDL-II gene
KW  -meat tenderness
AB  - The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of mutation in apoVLDL-II (apo very low density lipoprotein II) gene on meat quality traits of genetically fat (Anka) and lean (Rugao) chicken breeds. Meat  quality  traits  such  as  Water  Holding  Capacity  (WHC),  pH,  Color  Density  (CD)  and tenderness (Shear value (kg cm <SUP>2</SUP>)) were analyzed from breast muscle. Polymerase chain reaction single strand conformation polymorphism  (PCR-SSCP)  technique  was  developed  to analyze a 280 bp region of the apoVLDL-II gene (exon 4). The average gene frequency of two breeds estimated was found to be 0.076±0.008 for allele A and 0.932±0.008 for allele B. The effective number of allele, gene diversity and Shannon`s Information index were 1.1642±0.0195, 0.1408±0.0144 and 0.2691±0.0212, respectively. Mutation in the apoVLDL-II gene was found to significantly (p&lt;0.05) affect meat tenderness, whereas no significant effect was observed on OD, pH and WHC.
ER  -