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Understanding the determination of meat quality using biochemical characteristics of the muscle: stress at slaughter and other missing keys
Abstract : Despite increasingly detailed knowledge of the biochemical processes involved in the determination of meat quality traits, robust models, using biochemical characteristics of the muscle to predict future meat quality, lack. The neglecting of various aspects of the model paradigm may explain this. First, preslaughter stress has a major impact on meat quality and varies according to slaughter context and individuals. Yet, it is rarely taken into account in meat quality models. Second, phenotypic similarity does not imply similarity in the underlying biological causes, and several models may be needed to explain a given phenotype. Finally, the implications of the complexity of biological systems are discussed: a homeostatic equilibrium can be reached in countless ways, involving thousands of interacting processes and molecules at different levels of the organism, changing over time and differing between animals. Consequently, even a robust model may explain a significant part, but not all of the variability between individuals.
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Submitted on : Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 9:48:23 AM
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Contributor : Maryse Corvaisier <>
Submitted on : Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 9:48:23 AM
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