Myostatin gene polymorphisms do not determine muscle hypertrophy in buffaloes: A case report

Jackeline Santos Alves; Sebastião Tavares Rolim-Filho; Humberto Tonhati; Raphael Bermal Costa; Gregório Miguel Ferreira de Camargo

doi:10.56825/bufbu.2024.4335474

Authors

Jackeline Santos Alves Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Bahia, Brazil
Sebastião Tavares Rolim-Filho Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Belém-Pará, Brazil
Humberto Tonhati Departamento de Zootecnia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), São Paulo, Brazil
Raphael Bermal Costa Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Bahia, Brazil
Gregório Miguel Ferreira de Camargo Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Bahia, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56825/bufbu.2024.4335474

Keywords:

Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, double musculature, GDF8, MSTN, Murrah

Abstract

The aim of the study was to detect variations in the exonic and intronic regions of the myostatin gene in buffaloes with different body conformations. The regions of the gene were analyzed using the PCR-sequencing technique comparing an animal with muscle hypertrophy and ten animals with normal musculature. The hypertrophied buffalo sequence was compared to the others and no exclusive genotype was identified. It suggests that the found MSTN variants are not singly associated to muscle hypertrophy in buffaloes.

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