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Advanced Skeletal Ossification Is Associated with Genetic Variants in Chronologically Young Beef Heifers.
Genes - 15 Aug 2023
Shira Katie A, Murdoch Brenda M, Davenport Kimberly M, Becker Gabrielle M, Xie Shangqian, Colacchio Antonetta M, Bass Phillip D, Colle Michael J, Murdoch Gordon K
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis is a developmental process critical for structural support and the establishment of a dynamic reservoir for calcium and phosphorus. Changes in livestock breeding over the past 100 years have resulted in earlier bone development and increased physical size of cattle. Advanced skeletal maturity is now commonly observed at harvest, with heifers displaying more mature bone than is expected at 30 months...
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