Article
Whole genome association study identifies regions of the bovine genome and biological pathways involved in carcass trait performance in Holstein-Friesian cattle.
BMC genomics - 1 Oct 2014
Doran Anthony G, Berry Donagh P, Creevey Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Four traits related to carcass performance have been identified as economically important in beef production: carcass weight, carcass fat, carcass conformation of progeny and cull cow carcass weight. Although Holstein-Friesian cattle are primarily utilized for milk production, they are also an important source of meat for beef production and export. Because of this, there is great interest in...
Topics
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Cattle
- Genome
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genotype
- Glucagon
- Leptin
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
- Phenotype