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<blockquote data-quote="CKC1586" data-source="post: 459162" data-attributes="member: 816"><p>Thanks Jeanne for clearing that up.</p><p>As I understand it, the issue is with marbling. The muscle enhanced cattle have lean and tender beef without being all marbled up. The Piedmontese have a natural occurring double copy myostatin gene, but it is not manifested in the calves until they are about a month to six weeks old so they don't have the issues that some of the other "DM" breeds are known for. When crossed they pass 1 copy of this tenderness gene and the result is improved carcass yield and very tasty tender beef. (Less fat, less waste).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CKC1586, post: 459162, member: 816"] Thanks Jeanne for clearing that up. As I understand it, the issue is with marbling. The muscle enhanced cattle have lean and tender beef without being all marbled up. The Piedmontese have a natural occurring double copy myostatin gene, but it is not manifested in the calves until they are about a month to six weeks old so they don't have the issues that some of the other "DM" breeds are known for. When crossed they pass 1 copy of this tenderness gene and the result is improved carcass yield and very tasty tender beef. (Less fat, less waste). [/QUOTE]
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