Myostatin Gene and Importance in Sheep

Vegetable and animal proteins have a very important place in human nutrition. Consequently, it is necessary to take adequate and balanced amounts of nutrients which are rich in these proteins. It is important to consume meat for the intake of animal proteins and increasing the production quantity and quality of the meat. Especially recently, some genes have been determined as a result of studies focusing on meat yield and quality. One of them is the myostatin gene which causes double muscling. In this review, information is given about the myostatin gene in sheep and the effect of this gene on the yield and quality of meat