Release 56
(Apr 24, 2025)

QTL 23257 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Muscle iron content Vertebrate Trait Ontology: Muscle iron amount
Reported name: Iron content Product Trait Ontology: n/a
Symbol: IRON Clinical Measurement Ontology: n/a
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:7
QTL Peak Location:119.14 (cM)
QTL Span:119.14-119.14 (cM)
96.1-96.1 (Mbp)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:rs109677393
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:SNP
Analysis type:Association
Model tested:Mendelian
Test base:n/a
Threshold significance level:Significant
P_values0.0134
Dominance effect:n/a
Additive effect:n/a
Associated Gene:CAST (calpastatin)
Cis/Trans acting type:
Links:   NCBI GeneDB  |  Edit  |   Map view

 Extended information:
(none)

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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Animals were of varying breed composition (Herferd, Angus, Red Poll, Pinzgauer, Beefmaster, Brangus, Bonsmara, Romosinuano).
     Breeds associated:
    n/a
    Design:Animals were genotyped for one SNP each in CAST and CAPN and analyzed for beef iron content.
    Analysis:A mixed model was used.
    Software:SAS
    Notes: 
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     Reference
    Authors:Casas E, Duan Q, Schneider M J, Shackelford S D, Wheeler T L, Cundiff L V, Reecy J M
    Affiliation:National Animal Disease Center, USDA, ARS, Ames, IA, 50010, USA.
    Title:Polymorphisms in calpastatin and mu-calpain genes are associated with beef iron content.
    Journal:Animal genetics, 2014, 45(2):283-4
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  

     Additional Information
    Comments:Total iron
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL23257 was published in 2014, and was curated into QTLdb on 2014-01-09. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:23257

     

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