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Putative quantitative trait locus affecting birth weight on bovine chromosome 2.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2001
Grosz M D, MacNeil M D
Abstract excerpt
A genome scan for chromosomal regions influencing birth weight was performed using 151 progeny of a single Hereford x composite bull and 170 microsatellite markers spanning 2.497 morgans on 29 bovine autosomes. A QTL was identified at the telomeric end of bovine chromosome 2 (maximum effect at 114 cM) accounting for approximately 2.8 kg of birth weight or 0.64 residual standard deviations (after adjustment for...
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