Human skeletal muscle demonstrates remarkable plasticity, adapting to numerous external
stimuli including the habitual level of contractile loading. Accordingly, muscle function and …

Genome-wide panels of SNPs have recently been used in domestic animal species to map
and identify genes for many traits and to select genetically desirable livestock. This has led …

Myostatin, also known as growth differentiation factor 8, a member of the transforming
growth factor‐beta super‐family, is a negative regulator of muscle development. Myostatin …

Ever since the integration of Mendelian genetics into evolutionary biology in the early 20th
century, evolutionary geneticists have for the most part treated genes and mutations as …

In order for livestock industries to consistently produce high quality meat, there must be an
understanding of the factors that cause quality to vary, as well as the contribution of genetics …

Genetically modified pigs are increasingly used for biomedical and agricultural applications.
The efficient CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system holds great promise for the generation of …

Myostatin (MSTN) is a dominant inhibitor of skeletal muscle development and growth.
Mutations in MSTN gene can lead to muscle hypertrophy or double-muscled (DM) …

During development, stem and progenitor cells gradually commit to differentiation pathways.
Cell fate decisions are regulated by differentiation factors, which activate transcription …

This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on beef carcass and meat quality, with
particular emphasis on on-farm and processing factors associated with its high and …

Background The availability of high-density SNP assays including the BovineSNP50 (50 K)
enables the identification of novel quantitative trait loci (QTL) and improvement of the …