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Single nucleotide polymorphisms for feed efficiency and performance in crossbred beef cattle.
BMC genetics - 30 Jan 2014
Abo-Ismail Mohammed K, Vander Voort Gordon, Squires James J, Swanson Kendall C, Mandell Ira B, Liao Xiaoping, Stothard Paul, Moore Stephen, Plastow Graham, Miller Stephen P
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BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to: (1) identify new SNPs for residual feed intake (RFI) and performance traits within candidate genes identified in a genome wide association study (GWAS); (2) estimate the proportion of variation in RFI explained by the detected SNPs; (3) estimate the effects of detected SNPs on carcass traits to avoid undesirable correlated effects on these economically important traits...
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