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Donaldson CL, Lambe NR, Maltin CA, et al. Effect of the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) on spine characteristics in purebred Texel lambs. Small Rumin Res. 2014;117(1):34-40doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020.
Donaldson, C. L., Lambe, N. R., Maltin, C. A., Knott, S., & Bünger, L. (2014). Effect of the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) on spine characteristics in purebred Texel lambs. Small ruminant research : the journal of the International Goat Association, 117(1), 34-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020
Donaldson, C L, et al. "Effect of the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) on spine characteristics in purebred Texel lambs." Small ruminant research : the journal of the International Goat Association vol. 117,1 (2014): 34-40. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020
Donaldson CL, Lambe NR, Maltin CA, Knott S, Bünger L. Effect of the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) on spine characteristics in purebred Texel lambs. Small Rumin Res. 2014 Mar;117(1):34-40. doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020. PMID: 25844019; PMCID: PMC4375558.
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Small Rumin Res. 2014 Mar;117(1):34-40. doi: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020.

Effect of the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) on spine characteristics in purebred Texel lambs.

Small ruminant research : the journal of the International Goat Association

C L Donaldson, N R Lambe, C A Maltin, S Knott, L Bünger

Affiliations

  1. Scotland's Rural College, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, United Kingdom.
  2. Quality Meat Scotland, Rural Centre, Ingliston, Newbridge EH28 8NZ, United Kingdom.
  3. Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25844019 PMCID: PMC4375558 DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2013.11.020

Abstract

Previous work showed that the Texel muscling QTL (TM-QTL) results in pronounced hypertrophy in the loin muscle, with the largest phenotypic effects observed in lambs inheriting a single copy of the allele from the sire. As the loin runs parallel to the spinal vertebrae, and the development of muscle and bone are closely linked, the primary aim of this study was to investigate if there were any subsequent associations between TM-QTL inheritance and underlying spine characteristics (vertebrae number, VN; spine region length, SPL; average length of individual vertebrae, VL) of the thoracic, lumbar, and thoracolumbar spine regions. Spine characteristics were measured from X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans for 142 purebred Texel lambs which had been previously genotyped. Least-squares means were significantly different between genotype groups for lumbar and thoracic VN and lumbar SPL. Similarly for these traits, contrasts were shown to be significant for particular modes of gene action but overall were inconclusive. In general, the results showed little evidence that spine trait phenotypes were associated with differences in loin muscling associated with the different TM-QTL genotypes.

Keywords: Loin; Muscling; Spine; Texel; Vertebrae

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