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Association of leptin genotypes with beef cattle characteristics.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Woronuk G N, Marquess F L, James S T, Palmer J, Berryere T, Deobald H, Howie S, Kononoff P J
Abstract excerpt
A single nucleotide polymorphism (C/T) in bovine leptin, resulting in an arginine to cysteine amino acid substitution (p.Arg25Cys), has previously been shown to have an impact on carcass characteristics. Given the significant energetic relationship between fat and animal efficiency, further evaluation of this SNP across larger animal populations is warranted. Of the total number of 136 286 genotyped cattle in...
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