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Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci underlying sensory meat quality traits in three French beef cattle breeds.
Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 2014
Allais S, Levéziel H, Hocquette J F, Rousset S, Denoyelle C, Journaux L, Renand G
Abstract excerpt
Improving the traits that underlie meat quality is a major challenge in the beef industry. The objective of this paper was to detect QTL linked to sensory meat quality traits in 3 French beef cattle breeds. We genotyped 1,059, 1,219, and 947 young bulls and their sires belonging to the Charolais, Limousin, and Blonde d'Aquitaine breeds, respectively, using the Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip (Illumina Inc., San...
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