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Bovine Host Genetic Variation Influences Rumen Microbial Methane Production with Best Selection Criterion for Low Methane Emitting and Efficiently Feed Converting Hosts Based on Metagenomic Gene Abundance.
PLoS genetics - 1 Feb 2016
Roehe Rainer, Dewhurst Richard J, Duthie Carol-Anne, Rooke John A, McKain Nest, Ross Dave W, Hyslop Jimmy J, Waterhouse Anthony, Freeman Tom C, Watson Mick, Wallace R John
Abstract excerpt
Methane produced by methanogenic archaea in ruminants contributes significantly to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The host genetic link controlling microbial methane production is unknown and appropriate genetic selection strategies are not developed. We used sire progeny group differences to estimate the host genetic influence on rumen microbial methane production in a factorial experiment consisting of...
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