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Quantitative trait loci analysis for growth and carcass traits in a half-sib family of purebred Japanese Black (Wagyu) cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2004
Mizoshita K, Watanabe T, Hayashi H, Kubota C, Yamakuchi H, Todoroki J, Sugimoto Y
Abstract excerpt
We used a half-sib family of purebred Japanese Black (Wagyu) cattle to locate economically important quantitative trait loci. The family was composed of 348 fattened steers, 236 of which were genotyped for 342 microsatellite markers spanning 2,664 cM of 29 bovine autosomes. The genome scan reveal...
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