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Evaluation in beef cattle of six deoxyribonucleic acid markers developed for dairy traits reveals an osteopontin polymorphism associated with postweaning growth.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2007
White S N, Casas E, Allan M F, Keele J W, Snelling W M, Wheeler T L, Shackelford S D, Koohmaraie M, Smith T P L
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were to 1) estimate the allelic frequencies in US beef cattle of 6 DNA markers reported to be associated with variation in dairy production traits; and 2) evaluate the association of these markers with beef production traits. Several genetic markers have been associated with milk yield or composition, including polymorphisms in secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1; also called...
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