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Genome-Wide Association Study for Carcass Traits in an Experimental Nelore Cattle Population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Medeiros de Oliveira Silva Rafael, Bonvino Stafuzza Nedenia, de Oliveira Fragomeni Breno, Miguel Ferreira de Camargo Gregório, Matos Ceacero Thaís, Noely Dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo Joslaine, Baldi Fernando, Augusti Boligon Arione, Zerlotti Mercadante Maria Eugênia, Lino Lourenco Daniela, Misztal Ignacy, Galvão de Albuquerque Lucia
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to identify genomic regions associated with carcass traits in an experimental Nelore cattle population. The studied data set contained 2,306 ultrasound records for longissimus muscle area (LMA), 1,832 for backfat thickness (BF), and 1,830 for rump fat thickness (RF). A high-density SNP panel (BovineHD BeadChip assay 700k, Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA) was used for genotyping. After...
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