Table 2.

Selected meat traits and associated single nucleotide polymorphisms

Trait	Gene	SNPs	References
Marbling score	Leptin	UASMS2, C1180T	[20,22]
	Thyroglobulin	C422T, G133C, T354C, G392A, A430G, T433G	[27,28,32,34]
	Calpain	A4558G	[42]
	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase	g.7534G>A	[55]
	Diacylglycerol acetyltransferase	c.572A>G, c.1416T>G	[56]
	Fatty acid binding protein 4	c.388G>A, g.7516G>C	[10,64]
Meat tenderness	Thyroglobulin	X05380.1:g-422C>T	[35]
	Calpain	c.947G>C, C6545T, A4558G, C4684T, c.2151*479C>T, capnI/BtgI, capn4751, g.5709C>G	[1,39,42,43,44,46,47]
	Calpastatin	A2959G, g.98535683A	[46,48,49]
	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase	T878C	[54]
	Diacylglycerol acetyltransferase	c.572A>G, c.1416T>G	[56]
Fatty acid composition	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase	T878C, g.4706C>T, g.7534G>A, g.7864C>T	[50–52,55]
	Growth hormone	L127V	[11]
	Fatty acid binding protein 4	c.220A>G, c.280A>G, c.388G>A, c.408G>C, c.456A>G	[10,61,62]
	Fatty acid synthase	g.17924A>G, g.17924A>G	[12,52]
Backfat thickness	Leptin	UASMS2, C1180T	[20,22]
	Diacylglycerol acetyltransferase	c.572A>G, c.1416T>G	[56]
	Fatty acid binding protein 4	c.220A>G, c.280A>G	[10,63]
Meat flavor	Leptin	UASMS2	[16]
	Calpain	C6545T	[39]
	Calpastatin	A2959G	[47]
Sirloin fat thickness	Leptin	UASMS2	[16]
Rib thickness	Growth hormone	T172M	[11]
Subcutaneous fat thickness	Growth hormone	L127V, T172M	[11]
Carcass grade fat	Leptin	Exon 2, arginine to cytosine substitution	[23,24]
Meat yield	Leptin	Exon 2, arginine to cytosine substitution	[23,24]
Carcass weight	Growth hormone	T172M	[11]
	Fatty acid binding protein 4	c.328G>A	[63]
Firmness	Growth hormone	T172M	[11]
Juiciness	Calpastatin	A2959G	[48]
Intramuscular fat content	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase	T878C	[50,54]
Fat deposition	Diacylglycerol acetyltransferase	K232A	[16]
Fat color	Diacylglycerol acetyltransferase	c.572A>G, c.1416T>G	[56]
Fat thickness	Growth hormone	c.457C>G	[59]

SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms.