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Identification of QTL with effects on fatty acid composition of meat in a Charolais x Holstein cross population.
Meat science - 1 Aug 2010
Gutiérrez-Gil B, Wiener P, Richardson R I, Wood J D, Williams J L
Abstract excerpt
A whole-genome scan was carried out to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing beef fatty acid composition using a CharolaisxHolstein population established using a balanced F2 and Backcross breeding design. The phenotypes considered in this study included a total of 24 fatty acid related traits determined in loin muscle samples of the 235 second-generation cross-bred bull calves of the herd. The QTL...
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