Rescarch Progress of Relative Genes Mainly Influencing Meat Quality Traits in Sheep
Sheep meat quality contributes greatly to the economic benefits of mutton.It will be helpful to improve and ameliorate the meat quality and to foster the breeding of sheep by researching the relative genes related to meat quality traits in sheep.Genetic predictions can be applied early in life to know the meat quality in sheep without impacting selection candidates,which is very useful for the selection of high-quality meat in sheep.In this paper,the research advance in several genes in sheep associated with meat tenderness,intramuscular fat and colour were reviewed.