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Genet. Sel. Evol.
Volume 35, Number 1, January-February 2003
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Page(s) | 103 - 118 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2002038 |
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002038
Haplotype diversity of the myostatin gene among beef cattle breeds
Susana Dunnera, M. Eugenia Mirandaa, Yves Amiguesb, Javier Cañóna, Michel Georgesc, Roger Hansetd, John Williamse and François Ménissierfa Laboratorio de genética molecular, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
b Labogena, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France
c Department of genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B43), 20 Bd de Colonster, 4000 Liège, Belgium
d Herdbook BBB, 4 rue Champs Elysées, 5590 Ciney, Belgium
e Roslin Institute, EH25 9PS Midlothian, UK
f Institut national de la recherche agronomique, Station de génétique quantitative et appliquée, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France
(Received 11 January 2002; accepted 2 August 2002)
Abstract
A total of 678 individuals from 28 European bovine breeds were both
phenotyped and analysed at the myostatin locus by the Single
Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) method. Seven new mutations
were identified which contribute to the high polymorphism (1 SNP every
100 bp) present in this small gene; twenty haplotypes were described
and a genotyping method was set up using the Oligonucleotide Ligation
Assay (OLA) method. Some haplotypes appeared to be exclusive to a
particular breed; this was the case for 5 in the Charolaise (involving
mutation Q204X) and 7 in the Maine-Anjou (involving mutation
E226X). The relationships between the different haplotypes were
studied, thus allowing to test the earlier hypothesis on the origin of
muscular hypertrophy in Europe: muscular hypertrophy (namely
nt821(del11)) was mainly spread in different waves from northern
Europe milk purpose populations in most breeds; however, other
mutations (mostly disruptive) arose in a single breed, were highly
selected and have since scarcely evolved to other populations.
Key words: muscular hypertrophy / myostatin gene / haplotype diversity / beef cattle breeds
Correspondence and reprints: Susana Dunner
e-mail: dunner@vet.ucm.es
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