<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The slaughter value of cattle and beef quality are influenced by many factors, which can generally be divided into antemortem (breed, sex, age, housing system, diet, pre-slaughter handling) and postmortem (post-slaughter processing, chilling temperature, packaging). Studies of many authors have shown that meat quality traits can be also influenced by the individual genetic background of an animal. Numerous studies have been conducted worldwide to determine the functions of various genes as well as polymorphisms with potential effects on fattening and slaughter value of cattle and on beef quality. This study reviews the most important research done on the associations of polymorphisms in the calpain, calpastatin and myostatin genes with carcass traits and beef quality. Knowledge about the genes and chromosome regions associated with desired meat quality characteristics may prove very helpful when selecting pairs for mating and estimating the breeding value of offspring, mainly because it is difficult to improve meat quality traits based on conventional selection methods due to their low heritability and polygenic regulation. Furthermore, meat quality evaluation is expensive and can only be carried out after slaughter.</p></abstract>

The slaughter value of cattle and beef quality are influenced by many factors, which can generally be divided into antemortem (breed, sex, age, housing system, diet, pre-slaughter handling) and postmortem (post-slaughter processing, chilling temperature, packaging). Studies of many authors have shown that meat quality traits can be also influenced by the individual genetic background of an animal. Numerous studies have been conducted worldwide to determine the functions of various genes as well as polymorphisms with potential effects on fattening and slaughter value of cattle and on beef quality. This study reviews the most important research done on the associations of polymorphisms in the calpain, calpastatin and myostatin genes with carcass traits and beef quality. Knowledge about the genes and chromosome regions associated with desired meat quality characteristics may prove very helpful when selecting pairs for mating and estimating the breeding value of offspring, mainly because it is difficult to improve meat quality traits based on conventional selection methods due to their low heritability and polygenic regulation. Furthermore, meat quality evaluation is expensive and can only be carried out after slaughter.

Associations of CAST, CAPN1 and MSTN Genes Polymorphism with Slaughter Value and Beef Quality – A Review

Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Ethology

Department of Animal Reproduction, Anatomy and Genomics

Annals of Animal Science

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The slaughter value of cattle and beef quality are influenced by many factors, which can generally be divided into antemortem (breed, sex, age, housing system,...

Associations of CAST, CAPN1 and MSTN Genes Polymorphism with Slaughter Value and Beef Quality – A Review

Published Online: Aug 01, 2020

Page range: 757 - 774

Received: May 15, 2019

Accepted: Dec 13, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0006

Keywords
calpain, calpastatin, myostatin, slaughter value, beef

© 2020 Andrzej Węglarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Associations of CAST, CAPN1 and MSTN Genes Polymorphism with Slaughter Value and Beef Quality – A Review

Published Online: Aug 01, 2020

Page range: 757 - 774

Received: May 15, 2019

Accepted: Dec 13, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2020-0006

Keywordscalpain, calpastatin, myostatin, slaughter value, beef

© 2020 Andrzej Węglarz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
calpain, calpastatin, myostatin, slaughter value, beef