PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mikolášová, Renata
AU  - Urban, Tomáš
TI  - Variability in the leptin, leptin receptor and heart fatty acid binding protein genes in relationship with meat quality traits in pigs
DP  - 2014 Dec 25
TA  - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
PG  - 87--94
VI  - 53
IP  - 4
AID - 10.11118/actaun200553040087
IS  - 12118516
AB  - The leptin (LEP-HinfI), leptin receptor (LEPR-HpaII) and heart fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP-HinfI) genes and their genotypes combination (LEP-HinfI *LEPR-HpaII) were tested for associations with the pH&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;, pH&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt;, myoglobin content (mg/100 g), intramuscular fat content (%) and remission (%). The genotypes were determined in Large White, Landrace and Duroc breeds (n = 106, 56 and 4, respectively). The allele frequencies were: LEP-HinfI: C = 0.133 T = 0.867; LEPR-HpaII: A = 0.331 B = 0.669; H-FABP-HinfI: H = 0.745 h = 0.255. The populations of breeds were in the genetic equilibrium according to the χ&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; test in the tested loci. The combinations of LEP-HinfI and LEPR-HpaII were significantly associated with the pH&lt;sub&gt;24&lt;/sub&gt; and remission. The H-FABP-HinfI locus was significantly associated with intramuscular fat content.