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Genome-wide association studies of preweaning growth and in vivo carcass composition traits in Esme sheep.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jan 2022
Yilmaz Onur, Kizilaslan Mehmet, Arzik Yunus, Behrem Sedat, Ata Nezih, Karaca Orhan, Elmaci Cengiz, Cemal Ibrahim
Abstract excerpt
Sheep are considered as a major contributor of global food security. Moreover, sheep preweaning growth traits as well as in vivo carcass composition traits such as ultrasonic measurements of Longissimus dorsi muscle depth (UMD) and back-fat thickness (UFD) are crucially important indicators of meat yield and hot carcass composition. Despite their relative importance for productivity and profitability of a sheep...
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