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Non-synonymous mutations mapped to chromosome X associated with andrological and growth traits in beef cattle.
BMC genomics - 15 May 2015
de Camargo Gregório Miguel Ferreira, Porto-Neto Laercio R, Kelly Matthew J, Bunch Rowan J, McWilliam Sean M, Tonhati Humberto, Lehnert Sigrid A, Fortes Marina R S, Moore Stephen S
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BACKGROUND: Previous genome-wide association analyses identified QTL regions in the X chromosome for percentage of normal sperm and scrotal circumference in Brahman and Tropical Composite cattle. These traits are important to be studied because they are indicators of male fertility and are correlated with female sexual precocity and reproductive longevity. The aim was to investigate candidate genes in these...
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