ASSOCIATION OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN THE CBFA2T1 AND DECR1 GENES WITH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS MERIT OF BEEF CATTLE

摘要

Provided is a method for identifying a bovine animal having a higher ultrasound LM area and/or a higher ultrasound marbling score as compared to the general population of bovine animals, comprising: (a) obtaining a biological sample from said bovine animal, said biological sample comprising nucleic acids encoding the bovine core-binding factor, runt domain, alpha subunit 2 (CBFA2Tl); (b) detecting in said nucleic acids the presence of at least one of: (i) a C in both alleles of the CBF A2Tl gene at position corresponding to position 519 of SEQ ID NO:3; or (ii) a C in both alleles of the CBFA2TI gene at position corresponding to position 532 of SEQ ID NO:3; and (c) correlating the presence of the nucleic acid content of (b) within said bovine animal, thereby identifying the bovine animal.