Received: 08-08-2016 / Accepted: 06-03-2017
Growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) is one of the candidate genes for meat quality of chicken. The study focused on the association between the genetic polymorphism of the GHSR gene with meat quality traits in Tau Vang chickens. Two polymorphisms at nucleotide G656A and C3678T were identified by PCR/RFLP technique using restriction enzyme MspI and Bsp119I, repectively. The genotypic frequencies at G656A and C3678T loci were found in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The study showed that the G656A polymorphism exerted influence onash content of breast muscleand there wassignificant associations between C3678T polymorphism and dry matterandether extract of leg muscle in Tau Vang chickens.