Animal Biotechnology
MAS - Peer-Reviewed Studies

UC Davis - The University of California, Davis

Alison L Van Eenennaam

 

 

Effects of u-Calpain markers on Meat Tenderness

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Casas E, White SN, Wheeler TL, Shackelford SD, Koohmaraie M, Riley DG, Chase CC Jr, Johnson DD, Smith TP.  Effects of calpastatin and micro-calpain markers in beef cattle on tenderness traits. J Anim Sci. 84(3):520-5. March 2006.

Epistasis Between Calpain 1 and Its Inhibitor Calpastatin Within Breeds of Cattle. Genetics. 176(4):2601-10. August, 2007

Casas E, White SN, Riley DG et al. 2005. Assessment of single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes residing on chromosomes 14 and 29 for association with carcass composition traits in Bos indicus cattle. Journal of Animal Science 83 (1):13. Abstract

Casas E, White SN, Wheeler TL et al. 2006. Effects of calpastatin and µ-calpain markers in beef cattle on tenderness traits. Journal of Animal Science 84 (3):520. Abstract

Page BT, Casas E, Heaton MP et al. 2002. Evaluation of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in CAPN1 for association with meat tenderness in cattle. Journal of Animal Science 80 (12):3077. Abstract

Page BT, Casas E, Quaas RL et al. 2004. Association of markers in the bovine CAPN1 gene with meat tenderness in large crossbred populations that sample influential industry sires. Journal of Animal Science 82 (12):3474. Abstract

Smith TP, Casas E, Rexroad CE, III et al. 2000. Bovine CAPN1 maps to a region of BTA29 containing a quantitative trait locus for meat tenderness. Journal of Animal Science 78 (10):2589. Abstract

White SN, Casas E, Wheeler EL, Shackelford SD,  Koohmaraie M, Riley DG, Chase CC, Jr., Johnson DD, Keele JW and Smith TPL. 2005. A new single nucleotide polymorphism in CAPN1 extends the current tenderness marker test to include cattle of Bos indicus, Bos taurus, and crossbred descent. Journal of Animal Science 83 (9):2001-8. Abstract

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