The SNPs in myoD gene from normal muscle developing individuals have no effect on muscle mass.

Suying DingYaping NieXumeng ZhangXiaohong LiuChen WangRenqiang YuanKeren ChenQi ZhuShufang CaiYing FangYaosheng ChenDe Lin Mo

Published in: BMC genetics (2019)

These results proved that myoD nucleotide variations from different pig populations have no effect on muscle mass, suggesting that the function of myoD is highly conserved not only among different pig breeds, but also across different species. Thus, it would be futile to discover SNPs affecting muscle mass in pig populations with normal muscle development.

Keyphrases

genome wide
genetic diversity
skeletal muscle
gene expression
dna methylation
copy number