Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci and assessment of positional candidate genes for backfat on bovine chromosome 14 in a commercial line of Bos taurus

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1919-1925

  Moore, S S ^a,e   Li, C ^a   Basarab, J ^b   Snelling, W M ^c   Kneeland, J ^a   Murdoch, B ^a   Hansen, C ^a   Benkel, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

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

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e 4 10 Ag/For Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Backfat; Cattle; Marker Genes; Quantitative Trait Loci

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; THYROGLOBULIN;

EID: 0642309706     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8181919x     Document Type: Article

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