MyoG

Correlation between sheep YAP1 temporal and spatial expression trends and MSTN and MyoG gene expression

X. Y. Lv, Sun, W., Su, R., Li, D., Wang, Q. Z., Musa, H. H., Chen, L., Zhang, Y. F., and Wu, W. Z., “Correlation between sheep YAP1 temporal and spatial expression trends and MSTN and MyoG gene expression”, vol. 14, pp. 3244-3256, 2015.

The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of Yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) gene expression after birth on the development of muscle and the relationship between YAP1 and myostatin (MSTN) and myogenin (MyoG).

Developmental changes in IGF-I and MyoG gene expression and their association with meat traits in sheep

W. Sun, Su, R., Li, D., Musa, H. H., Kong, Y., Ding, J. T., Ma, Y. H., Chen, L., Zhang, Y. F., and Wu, W. Z., “Developmental changes in IGF-I and MyoG gene expression and their association with meat traits in sheep”, vol. 13, pp. 2772-2783, 2014.

In the present study, real time-polymerase chain reaction was applied to analyze the expression of IGF-I and MyoG genes in Hu sheep longissimus dorsi at different growth stages and their association with meat traits. Expression of the IGF-I gene in Hu sheep differed significantly between males and females at the two day-old (0.01 0.05) between males and females at any growth stage in expression of the MyoG gene. MyoG gene expression in male longissimus muscles tended to be higher than that of females at all growth stages, except for the six month-old stage.

A novel polymorphism of the myogenin gene is associated with body measurement traits in native Chinese breeds

M. Xue, Zan, L. S., Gao, L., and Wang, H. B., “A novel polymorphism of the myogenin gene is associated with body measurement traits in native Chinese breeds”, vol. 10, pp. 2721-2728, 2011.

Using PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing technology, we examined the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the bovine MyoG gene with body measurement traits in 779 individuals of six native Chinese cattle breeds, namely Luxi, Luxi × Simmental crossbred, Nanyang, Xia’nan, Jiaxian red, and Qinchuan. A novel SNP, T314C, was detected. Allelic frequencies of MyoG-T/C in the six breeds were 0.8308/0.1692, 0.8774/0.1226, 0.8021/0.1979, 0.8209/0.1791, 0.8630/0.1370, 0.8044/0.1956, respectively.