Evaluation of the ovine callipyge locus: I. Relative chromosomal position and gene action.

doi:10.2527/1998.7682062x

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Evaluation of the ovine callipyge locus: I. Relative chromosomal position and gene action.

Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1998

Freking B A, Keele J W, Beattie C W, Kappes S M, Smith T P, Sonstegard T S, Nielsen M K, Leymaster K A

Abstract excerpt

Genotypic and phenotypic data were collected to estimate chromosomal position of the callipyge (CLPG) gene and to test gene action. Nine Dorset rams of extreme muscling phenotype and 114 Romanov ewes composed the grandparent generation of a resource flock of 362 F2 lambs segregating at the CLPG l...

Topics

Animals
Body Composition
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Gene Expression
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Heterozygote
Male
Models, Genetic
Muscle, Skeletal
Phenotype
Probability
Sheep
Software

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