Characterization of OAR1 and OAR18 QTL associated with muscle depth in British commercial terminal sire sheep

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-180

  Matika, O ^a   Sechi, S ^a,c   Pong Wong, R ^a   Houston, R D ^a   Clop, A ^b   Woolliams, J A ^a   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Genesis Faraday Partnership   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRIS Sardegna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Imprinting; Lamb; Musculature; Polar overdominance; Quantitative trait loci (QTL)

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; DOMESTIC SHEEP; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952614524     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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