The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of polymorphism of calpastatin (CAST) and RYR1 genes for some meat quality traits taking into consideration the group of meatiness and their mutual interactions. Investigations were carried out on a group of 201 fatteners which were crosses of four breeds. The results obtained show that CAST/MspI genotype has an effect close to the major effect for drip loss from LL muscle tissue at 48 h as well as at 96 h postmortem (0.92 and 0.96 SD respectively). Among the meat quality traits analysed and that were affected by CAST/MspI genotype, the animals with BB genotype at this locus were characterized by the most profitable values of all these traits. Significant interactions between CAST and RYR1 genotypes observed indicate that the quality of meat influenced by RYR1 genotype may be modified by the simultaneous influence of genotype as regards the CAST locus.

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Summary Low heritability of meat quality traits and the lack of their systematic registration in breeding programs have encouraged the search for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located within genes coding the proteins involved in muscle and fat metabolism. In this report, a panel of 52 SNPs was used to find which alleles and genotypes are more/less frequent in groups of pigs differentiated by extreme value of glycolytic potential (GP) and drip loss (DL). The analysis was carried out in 52 fatteners (chosen from 246 pigs), of which 28 were Landrace and 27 Landrace x Yorkshire. Two designs were performed: I, fatteners were divided into two groups showing extreme value of GP (<125 versus >145), II, fatteners were divided into two groups showing extreme value of DL (<6.0 versus >6.0). Allele frequency differences between the phenotypic groups of extreme GL or DL were not influenced by the breed. The frequency of 52 SNPs alleles for each of group was calculated and a chi-squared test was used to estimate the significance of differences in allele frequencies between alternative groups in each experimental design. Three SNPs (DECR1, PPARGC1, MC4R) and another two (CYP21, SFRS1) showed significant differences between groups of extreme GP and DL, respectively. To exemplify and validate potential associations of candidate SNPs for GP and DL, 293 fatteners representing three commercial breeds/crosses (95 Landrace, 66 Landrace x Yorkshire and 132 Landrace x Yorkshire x Duroc were genotyped for DECR1 and CYP21 by PCR-RFLP assays. DECR1 showed significant associations with GP in Landrace and Landrace x Yorkshire x Duroc fatteners. CYP21 showed significant associations with DL in all breeds/crosses. Interestingly, the CYP21 polymorphism revealed adverse associations trend in Landrace x Yorkshire x Duroc pigs in comparison to Landrace and Landrace x Yorkshire fatteners.

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