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Genome-wide association study provides strong evidence of genes affecting the reproductive performance of Nellore beef cows.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Melo Thaise Pinto de, de Camargo Gregório Miguel Ferreira, de Albuquerque Lucia Galvão, Carvalheiro Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Reproductive traits are economically important for beef cattle production; however, these traits are still a bottleneck in indicine cattle since these animals typically reach puberty at older ages when compared to taurine breeds. In addition, reproductive traits are complex phenotypes, i.e., they are controlled by both the environment and many small-effect genes involved in different pathways. In this study, we...
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