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Detection of quantitative trait loci for mineral content of Nelore longissimus dorsi muscle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 11 Mar 2015
Tizioto Polyana C, Taylor Jeremy F, Decker Jared E, Gromboni Caio F, Mudadu Mauricio A, Schnabel Robert D, Coutinho Luiz L, Mourão Gerson B, Oliveira Priscila S N, Souza Marcela M, Reecy James M, Nassu Renata T, Bressani Flavia A, Tholon Patricia, Sonstegard Tad S, Alencar Mauricio M, Tullio Rymer R, Nogueira Ana R A, Regitano Luciana C A
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BACKGROUND: Beef cattle require dietary minerals for optimal health, production and reproduction. Concentrations of minerals in tissues are at least partly genetically determined. Mapping genomic regions that affect the mineral content of bovine longissimus dorsi muscle can contribute to the identification of genes that control mineral balance, transportation, absorption and excretion and that could be associated...
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