Reaffirmation of known major genes and the identification of novel candidate genes associated with carcass-related metrics based on whole genome sequence within a large multi-breed cattle population

Abstract Background The high narrow sense heritability of carcass traits suggests that the underlying additive genetic potential of an individual should be strongly correlated with both animal carcass quality and quantity, and therefore, by extension, carcass value. Therefore, the objective of the p...

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Main Authors: D. C. Purfield, R. D. Evans, D. P. Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-6071-9