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Genome-wide association study identifies loci and candidate genes for internal organ weights in Simmental beef cattle.
Physiological genomics - 1 Jul 2018
An Bingxing, Xia Jiangwei, Chang Tianpeng, Wang Xiaoqiao, Miao Jian, Xu Lingyang, Zhang Lupei, Gao Xue, Chen Yan, Li Junya, Gao Huijiang
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Cattle internal organs as accessible raw materials have a long history of being widely used in beef processing, feed and pharmaceutical industry. These traits not only are of economic interest to breeders, but they are intrinsically linked to many valuable traits, such as growth, health, and productivity. Using the Illumina Bovine HD 770K SNP array, we performed a genome-wide association study for heart weight,...
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