Genome sequencing can be used to examine phenotypic traits
associated with animals which are consumed for food, as illustrated by Kong et
al’s. (2018) study of muscle color, which is thought to be related to the quality of meat, in broiler chickens. Therefore, genome sequencing can have an impact
on what we decide to put our plates. Kong et al. (2018) used the previously
sequenced Red Jungle Fowl genome as a reference to compare the genomes of
broiler chickens with low and high muscle colour variations, and a control, and
found that SNPs in regions of the DNA related to maintaining the DNA within the
chromosomes, different types of collagen fibres, as well as various proteins may
affect the exhibited muscle color (Kong et al. 2018). However, it is suggested by Kong et al. (2018) that further
study of the genome is needed to fully investigate the effect of SNPs across
the broiler chicken genome in relation to muscle color. Overall, genome
sequencing can have nutritional and potentially economic implications for the
human population (Kong et al. 2018).
Click here for the link to the article.
Kong, H.R., Anthony, N.B., Rowland, K.C., Khatri, B., and
Kong, B.C., 2018. Genome re-sequencing to identify single nucleotide
polymorphism markers for muscle color traits in broiler chickens.
Asian-Australas. J. Anim. Sci. 31: 13-18.
Accessed 01/29/18
Victoria Lockwood
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