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Allelic and genotypic frequencies for loci associated with meat quality in Mexican Braunvieh cattle

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The objective was to estimate allelic and genotypic frequencies for loci associated with meat quality in a Mexican population of Braunvieh cattle. Information was obtained from 300 animals genotyped with the Genomic Profile Bovine LD chip of 30K and 50K SNPs. After the final edition, including quality control, the data contained information for 12 loci of the CAPN1, CAPN3, CAPN5, CAPN14, DGAT1, DGAT2, TG, ANK1, and MADH3 genes. Allelic and genotypic frequencies and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were estimated with the Cervus 3.0.7 software. The studied population markers were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, except for those associated with CAPN1, DGAT1, and MADH3. Frequencies higher than those reported for other breeds were found for genotypes associated with meat softness, higher marbling score, lower quantity of saturated fatty acids, and lower shear force (CAPN1 and DGAT2). There were similarities with frequencies reported for Bos taurus breeds for the CAPN3 and TG genes. For the DGAT1 and ANK1 genes, the frequencies of the desired genotypes were low. A marker for DGAT1 and another for MADH3 were monomorphic. The results of this study are encouraging in terms of the potential of the Braunvieh population studied for breeding programs aiming to increase meat quality. The breed has strengths that could be used either by crossbreeding to generate heterozygous animals or by selection to increase frequencies of valuable alleles.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Asociación Mexicana de Criadores de Ganado Suizo de Registro for allowing the use of their databases and the cooperation of the breeders for this study. Thanks also are extended to the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico, for the financial support of the first author during her Master of Science studies.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico (DGIP-166701012).

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    Mitzilin Zuleica Trujano-Chavez, Jonathan E. Valerio-Hernández, Rufino López-Ordaz & Agustín Ruíz-Flores

  2. Colegio de Postgraduados, 56264, Montecillos, State of Mexico, Mexico

    Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez

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MZTC wrote the first version of the manuscript, JEVH and PPR assisted MZTC during the analysis, RLO and ARF conceived the project, all the authors contributed to obtain the final version, ARF served as the correspondence author.

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Trujano-Chavez, M.Z., Valerio-Hernández, J.E., López-Ordaz, R. et al. Allelic and genotypic frequencies for loci associated with meat quality in Mexican Braunvieh cattle. Trop Anim Health Prod 53, 307 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02757-5

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