There is considerable interest in identifying ways to effectively manage sheep-meat operations so as to increase the lean content and decrease the fat content of lamb products. The most promising strategy for manipulating and improving carcass composition in sheep, and one that is likely to gain widespread public acceptance, is genetic selection. Within and between breed variation in meat coloration, marbling, fatty acid
Data analysis was done using PopGen32 software.
There was no difference between digestion patterns and all sampled animals displayed AA genotype.
As such, three 278, 117 and 31 bp amplified fragments from enzyme digestion were observed for all animals, indicating that the total population of sheep was monomorphic for CLPG gene.