Article
Identification of Gene Networks for Residual Feed Intake in Angus Cattle Using Genomic Prediction and RNA-seq.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Weber Kristina L, Welly Bryan T, Van Eenennaam Alison L, Young Amy E, Porto-Neto Laercio R, Reverter Antonio, Rincon Gonzalo
Abstract excerpt
Improvement in feed conversion efficiency can improve the sustainability of beef cattle production, but genomic selection for feed efficiency affects many underlying molecular networks and physiological traits. This study describes the differences between steer progeny of two influential Angus bulls with divergent genomic predictions for residual feed intake (RFI). Eight steer progeny of each sire were phenotyped...
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