Association of the Muscle Hypertrophy Locus with Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 468-473

  Casas, E ^a   Keele, J W ^a   Shackelford, S D ^a   Koohmaraie, M ^a   Sonstegard, T S ^a   Smith, T P L ^a   Kappes, S M ^a   Stone, R T ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcasses; Double Muscling; Genetic Markers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEAT; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; QUALITY CONTROL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HYPERTROPHY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEDIGREE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031989255     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762468x     Document Type: Article

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