Article
Genome scan for meat quality traits in Nelore beef cattle.
Physiological genomics - 1 Nov 2013
Tizioto P C, Decker J E, Taylor J F, Schnabel R D, Mudadu M A, Silva F L, Mourão G B, Coutinho L L, Tholon P, Sonstegard T S, Rosa A N, Alencar M M, Tullio R R, Medeiros S R, Nassu R T, Feijó G L D, Silva L O C, Torres R A, Siqueira F, Higa R H, Regitano L C A
Abstract excerpt
Meat quality traits are economically important because they affect consumers' acceptance, which, in turn, influences the demand for beef. However, selection to improve meat quality is limited by the small numbers of animals on which meat tenderness can be evaluated due to the cost of performing shear force analysis and the resultant damage to the carcass. Genome wide-association studies for Warner-Bratzler shear...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Algorithms
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Cattle
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Mammalian
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genome
- Genotype