Article
Comparative muscle transcriptome associated with carcass traits of Nellore cattle.
BMC genomics - 3 Jul 2017
Silva-Vignato Bárbara, Coutinho Luiz L, Cesar Aline S M, Poleti Mirele D, Regitano Luciana C A, Balieiro Júlio C C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Commercial cuts yield is an important trait for beef production, which affects the final value of the products, but its direct determination is a challenging procedure to be implemented in practice. The measurement of ribeye area (REA) and backfat thickness (BFT) can be used as indirect measures of meat yield. REA and BFT are important traits studied in beef cattle due to their strong implication in...
Topics
- Animal Husbandry
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Metabolic Networks and Pathways
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Paraspinal Muscles
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Signal Transduction
- Transcriptome
