Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8983552 | Meat Science | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
IGF2, insulin-like growth factor 2, is implicated in myogenesis and lean meat content. A mutation in a single base (A for G substitution) of the gene for IGF2 (position 3072 in intron 3) has been recently described as the cause of a major QTL effect on muscle growth in pigs [Van Laere, A. S, Nguyen, M., Braunschweig, M., Nezer, C., Collete, C., & Moreau, L. et al. (2003). Nature, 425, 832-836]. We describe here a rapid assay based on real time PCR (RT-PCR) to detect this mutation. We have evaluated the incidence of the mutation in commercial pig crosses, in three populations of purebred Iberian or Iberian Ã Duroc crosses, and in cured meat products and wild boars. The incidence of the mutation varies among these groups. Penetrance of the A mutation is about 80% in the commercial population. Purebred Iberian pigs were all homozygous G/G whereas crosses of Iberian pigs were heterozygous (90%) or homozygous A/A (10%). The implications of this gene for the selection of Iberian pigs are discussed.
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Authors
José Alberto Carrodeguas, Carmen Burgos, Carlos Moreno, Ana Cristina Sánchez, Sonia Ventanas, Luis Tarrafeta, José Antonio Barcelona, Maria Otilia López, Rosa Oria, Pascual López-Buesa,