ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021
Gene Expression and Carcass Traits Are Different between Different Quality Grade Groups in Red-Faced Hereford Steers.
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- Decoding the beef cattle genome through whole-genome sequencing reveals the genetic basis of carcass and meat quality traits.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Molecular Pathways for Muscle and Adipose Tissue Are Altered between Beef Steers Classed as Choice or Standard.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Use of a graph neural network to the weighted gene co-expression network analysis of Korean native cattle.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Fat deposition is important to carcass value and some palatability characteristics. Carcasses with higher USDA quality grades produce more value for producers and processors in the US system and are more likely to have greater eating satisfaction. Using genomics to identify genes impacting marbling deposition provides insight into muscle biochemistry that may lead to ways to better predict fat deposition, especially marbling and thus quality grade. Hereford steers (16) were managed the same from birth through harvest after 270 days on feed. Samples were obtained for tenderness and transcriptome profiling. As expected, steaks from Choice carcasses had a lower shear force value than steaks from Select carcasses; however, steaks from Standard carcasses were not different from steaks from Choice carcasses. A significant number of differentially expressed (DE) genes was observed in the longissimus lumborum between Choice and Standard carcass RNA pools (1257 genes,
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