Feasibility of the Grandprogeny Design for Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Detection in Purebred Beef Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 941-949

  Moody, D E ^a   Pomp, D ^a   Buchanan, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Experimental Design; Gene Mapping; Quantitative Traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0031109946     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.754941x     Document Type: Article

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