Pro-opiomelanocortin is a prohormone that codes for many different peptides, some of which are involved in the appetite pathway. A single nucleotide polymorphism c.288C>T in pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) was previously demonstrated to be associated with hot carcass weight (HCW) and shipping weight (Ship wt) in cattle. While developing a commercial real time PCR test for the POMC c.288C>T we identified a 12 bp deletion (POMC c.293_304delTTGGGGGCGCGG). The deletion results in the removal of four amino acids; valine, two glycine, and alanine. The deletion does not cause a frame shift. Both the POMC c.288C>T SNP and the deletion were genotyped in 386 crossbred steers, and evaluated for associations with carcass traits. The animals with one copy of the deletion had a significantly lower end-of-background rib-eye area (P=0.04) and carcass rib-eye area (P=0.03) when compared to animals without the deletion. A significant association with the POMC c.288C>T SNP was found with start of finishing weight (SOF WT); (P=0.04), HCW (P=0.02), average fat and grade fat (P=0.05), carcass rib-eye area (REA); (P=0.03) and marbling (P=0.02). These results suggest that it would be beneficial for beef producers to know both the deletion and the POMC c.288C>T SNP genotypes when making marketing and culling decisions.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:SSU.etd-08182009-143843 |
| Date | 17 September 2009 |
| Creators | Deobald, Heather Maureen |
| Contributors | Laarveld, Bernard, Shand, Phyllis, Buchanan, Fiona, Schmutz, Sheila, Soita, Henry |
| Publisher | University of Saskatchewan |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-08182009-143843/ |
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