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AgricultureAnimal SciencesGeneticsAnimal WelfareMeat ScienceRuminant NutritionAnimal GeneticsMeat ProductionMeat QualitySheep BreedingSheep PhysiologySheep ReproductionComplex Trait InheritanceInheritance Pattern AnalysisInheritance Pattern InferenceInheritance Pattern InterpretationMeat Quality AssessmentOverdominance Hypothesis
The rib-eye muscling (REM) QTL, identified in descendants of Poll Dorset rams from the Carwell stud, NSW, Australia, is known to be located in the same region of sheep chromosome 18 as the hyper-muscling locus, Callipyge. Callipyge displays a complex inheritance pattern of maternal overdominance and exhibits detrimental effects on meat tenderness. Carwell has been shown to increase eye muscle area by approximately 10 percent, but its effect on tenderness and its mode of inheritance have not been reported.