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Genome wide association study on beef production traits in Marchigiana cattle breed.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Feb 2017
Sorbolini S, Bongiorni S, Cellesi M, Gaspa G, Dimauro C, Valentini A, Macciotta N P P
Abstract excerpt
A genomewide association study was carried out on a sample of Marchigiana breed cattle to detect markers significantly associated with carcass and meat traits. Four hundred and nine young bulls from 117 commercial herds were genotyped by Illumina 50K BeadChip assay. Eight growth and carcass traits (average daily gain, carcass weight, dressing percentage, body weight, skin weight, shank circumference, head weight...
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