Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in the DGAT2 gene and beef carcass and quality traits in commercial feedlot steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 943-954

  Li, J ^a   Xu, X ^b   Zhang, Q ^a   Wang, X ^a   Deng, G ^c   Fang, X ^d   Gao, X ^a   Ren, H ^a   Xu, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcass fat traits; DGAT2 gene; Feedlot cattle; SNP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 70350141228     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2009.70457     Document Type: Article

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