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Development of breed identification markers based on a bovine 50K SNP array.
Meat science - 1 Jun 2010
Suekawa Y, Aihara H, Araki M, Hosokawa D, Mannen H, Sasazaki S
Abstract excerpt
In Japan, Japanese Black and Holstein cattle are appreciated as popular sources of meat, and imported beef from Australia and the United States is also in demand in the meat industry. Since the BSE outbreak, the problem of false sales has arisen: imported beef has sometimes been mislabeled as domestic beef due to consumer concerns. A method is needed to correctly discriminate between Japanese and imported cattle...
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