Genome-wide association studies for feedlot and growth traits in cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1684-1697

  Bolormaa, S ^a,b   Hayes, B J ^b   Savin, K ^a,b   Hawken, R ^a,c   Barendse, W ^a,c   Arthur, P F ^a,d   Herd, R M ^a,e   Goddard, M E ^a,b,f  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef and dairy cattle; Body weight; Feed intake; Height; Residual feed intake; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 80052556721     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3079     Document Type: Article

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