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Identification of genomic regions that exhibit sexual dimorphism for size and muscularity in cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 2021
Doyle Jennifer L, Purfield Deirdre C, Moore Tom, Carthy Tara R, Walsh Siobhan W, Veerkamp Roel F, Evans Ross D, Berry Donagh P
Abstract excerpt
Sexual dimorphism, the phenomenon whereby males and females of the same species are distinctive in some aspect of appearance or size, has previously been documented in cattle for traits such as growth rate and carcass merit using a quantitative genetics approach. No previous study in cattle has attempted to document sexual dimorphism at a genome level; therefore, the objective of the present study was to...
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