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Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency traits using SNP and haplotype models.
Journal of animal science - 4 Jun 2018
Schweer Kashly R, Kachman Stephen D, Kuehn Larry A, Freetly Harvey C, Pollak John E, Spangler Matthew L
Abstract excerpt
Feed costs comprise the majority of variable expenses in beef cattle systems making feed efficiency an important economic consideration within the beef industry. Due to the expense of recording individual feed-intake phenotypes, a genomic-enabled approach could be advantageous toward improving this economically relevant trait complex. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 748 crossbred steers...
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