METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF SUIDS WITH BETTER MEAT QUALITY BASED ON AN SNP IN THE GENE THAT ENCODES CYTOSOLIC PEPCK

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for selecting a suid comprising a phenotype with higher intramuscular fat content and lower back fat content than a reference value, and/or with at least 30% more myoglobin in the muscle than a reference value, and/or a phenotype whose meat is at least 9% less exudative than a reference value, which comprises: (a) detecting, in a biological sample from said suid, an A/C polymorphism in the gene that encodes the cytosolic PEPCK protein, and (b) selecting that suid comprising homozygosis for the A allele. Furthermore, the invention also relates to primers, probes and a kit to perform said method.