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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 80, Issue 1 1-11, Copyright © 2002 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pleiotropic effects in Hereford, Limousin, and Piedmontese F2 crossbred calves of genes controlling muscularity including the Piedmontese myostatin allele

R. E. Short, M. D. MacNeil, M. D. Grosz, D. E. Gerrard and E. E. Grings
Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, ARS, USDA, Miles City, MT 59301, USA. bshort@larrl.ars.usda.gov

Objectives were to determine 1) effects on traits measured from birth to slaughter in F2 cross calves from sire breeds that differ in potential for lean tissue growth but have similar mature BW and 2) the gene action of the mutant Piedmontese myostatin allele. Hereford (normal muscling, H), Limousin (moderate increase in muscling, L), and Piedmontese (muscular hypertrophy, P) sires (20 to 25 per breed) were bred at random to crossbred cows to produce F1 calves that were inter se-mated within sire breed to produce F2 calves that were grown out, finished, and slaughtered. Piedmontese-cross calves were genotyped for the G-A transition mutation at the myostatin locus characteristic of P (msP). Genotypes were classified on the basis of having zero (P0), one (P1), or two (P2) copies of msP (H, n = 227; L, n = 207; P0, n = 40; P1, n = 107; and P2, n = 37). Limousin-cross F2 calves had heavier birth (but dystocia was not affected) and weaning weights, gained faster, had more muscle, less fat, larger pelvic area, and more efficient feed conversion than Hereford-cross F2 calves. Normal-muscled Piedmontese-cross F2 calves (P0) were similar to Hereford-cross F2 calves except that they required less assistance at birth in heifer dams, had less fat, gained slower, were less efficient, and had larger pelvic area. Addition of msP alleles (P1 and P2) consistently increased muscle through hyperplasia, decreased fat, and increased adjusted efficiency, but many of those changes were not linear. Residual variances for breed were heterogeneous for most traits related to muscularity. This heterogeneity was caused by increased variances for L and P and(or) lower variances for H. Accounting for the msP alleles decreased the variance for P in most traits, but heterogeneity remained for most traits among the five genotypes because L remained high, H was low, and(or) P2 was low. We conclude that differences in muscularity affect most traits, and when differences in muscularity include the msP allele, there is an incremental, but not equal, change in most traits with the addition of each copy of the msP allele. Advantages of L could be captured through normal crossbreeding and selection schemes but with some caution because of potential problems from increased variability. Advantages of P could be best captured through more complex breeding and selection programs that would lessen potential negative impacts and through marketing systems that do not penalize for very low fat.


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