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Multi-breed and multi-trait co-association analysis of meat tenderness and other meat quality traits in three French beef cattle breeds.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 23 Apr 2016
Ramayo-Caldas Yuliaxis, Renand Gilles, Ballester Maria, Saintilan Romain, Rocha Dominique
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies to identify markers associated with beef tenderness have focused on Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) but the interplay between the genes associated with WBSF has not been explored. We used the association weight matrix (AWM), a systems biology approach, to identify a set of interacting genes that are co-associated with tenderness and other meat quality traits, and shared across the...
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