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Associations of marker panel scores with feed intake and efficiency traits in beef cattle using preselected single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2011
Mujibi F D N, Nkrumah J D, Durunna O N, Grant J R, Mah J, Wang Z, Basarab J, Plastow G, Crews D H, Moore S S
Abstract excerpt
Because of the moderate heritability and the expense associated with collecting feed intake data, effective selection for residual feed intake would be enhanced if marker-assisted evaluation were used for accurate estimation of genetic merit. In this study, a suite of genetic markers predictive of residual feed intake, DMI, and ADG were preselected using single-marker regression analysis, and the top 100 SNP were...
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