QTL affecting body weight in a candidate region of cattle chromosome 5

The objective of this work was to identify QTLs for liveweight in a candidate region of bovine chromosome 5. Half-sib families from two lines, one traditional and the other new, of Canchim beef cattle (5/8 Charolais + 3/8 Zebu) were genotyped for four microsatellite markers, including the microsatel...

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Main Authors: Mariana B.B. Machado, Maurício M. Alencar, Andréa P. Pereira, Henrique N. Oliveira, Eduardo Casas, Luis L. Coutinho, Luciana C.A. Regitano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2003-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572003000300008