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Genetic markers of body composition and carcass quality in grazing Brangus steers.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 19 Dec 2011
Baeza M C, Corva P M, Soria L A, Rincon G, Medrano J F, Pavan E, Villarreal E L, Schor A, Melucci L, Mezzadra C, Miquel M C
Abstract excerpt
The somatotropic axis is a major regulatory pathway of energy metabolism during postnatal growth in mammals. Genes involved in this pathway influence many economically important traits. The association of selected SNPs in these genes with carcass traits was examined in grazing Brangus steers. These traits included final live weight, ultrasound backfat thickness (UBFT), rib-eye area, kidney fat weight, hot...
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