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Comparison of the effects explained by variations in the bovine PLAG1 and NCAPG genes on daily body weight gain, linear skeletal measurements and carcass traits in Japanese Black steers from a progeny testing program.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Jul 2013
Hoshiba Hiroshi, Setoguchi Kouji, Watanabe Toshio, Kinoshita Akihiro, Mizoshita Kazunori, Sugimoto Yoshikazu, Takasuga Akiko
Abstract excerpt
The c.1326T>G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the NCAPG gene, which leads to an amino acid change of Ile442 to Met442, was previously identified as a candidate causative variation for a bovine carcass weight quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosome 6, which was associated with linear skeletal measurement gains and daily body weight gain at puberty. Recently, we identified the stature quantitative trait...
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