Associations between genetic markers and growth and carcass traits in a paternal half-sib family of Angus cattle.

doi:10.2527/1990.682337x

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Associations between genetic markers and growth and carcass traits in a paternal half-sib family of Angus cattle.

Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 1990

Beever J E, George P D, Fernando R L, Stormont C J, Lewin H A

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Segregation of polymorphic marker genes in a paternal half-sib family of Angus cattle was used to detect associations between genetic markers and quantitative traits. The half-sib family selected (n = 146) had a sire that was heterozygous at six polymorphic marker loci; BoLA-A (class I major hist...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Body Composition
Cattle
Genetic Markers
Inbreeding
Linear Models
Polymorphism, Genetic
Weight Gain

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