Article
Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms variation associated with important economic and computed tomography measured traits in Texel sheep.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 May 2018
Garza Hernandez D, Mucha S, Banos G, Kaseja K, Moore K, Lambe N, Yates J, Bunger L
Abstract excerpt
Sheep are an important part of the global agricultural economy. Growth and meat production traits are significant economic traits in sheep. The Texel breed is the most popular terminal sire breed in the UK, mainly selected for muscle growth and lean carcasses. This is a study based on a genome-wide association approach that investigates the links between some economically important traits, including computed...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Sheep
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
