Mapping of a quantitative trait locus for beef marbling on bovine chromosome 9 in purebred Japanese black cattle

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-80

  Imai, K ^a   Matsughige, T ^a   Watanabe, T ^b   Sugimoto, Y ^b   Ihara, N ^b  

^a Hiroshima Prefectural Livestock Technology Research Center   (Japan)

^b Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef marbling; BTA9; Cattle; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; MEATS;

BEEF MARBLING; BTA9; CATTLE; QTL MAPPING;

BACTERIA;

BOS; BOVINAE;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147148612     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495390601090992     Document Type: Article

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