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Association of selected SNP with carcass and taste panel assessed meat quality traits in a commercial population of Aberdeen Angus-sired beef cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 25 Jun 2009
Gill Jennifer L, Bishop Stephen C, McCorquodale Caroline, Williams John L, Wiener Pamela
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), previously associated with meat and milk quality traits in cattle, in a population of 443 commercial Aberdeen Angus-cross beef cattle. The eight SNP, which were located within five genes: mu-calpain (CAPN1), calpastatin (CAST), leptin (LEP), growth hormone receptor (GHR) and acylCoA:diacylglycerol...
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