Genetic markers of body composition and carcass quality in grazing Brangus steers

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3146-3156

  Baeza, M C ^a,b   Corva, P M ^a   Soria, L A ^c   Rincon, G ^d   Medrano, J F ^d   Pavan, E ^e   Villarreal, E L ^e   Schor, A ^c   Melucci, L ^e   Mezzadra, C ^e   Miquel, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Fellowship of Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica de la Republica Argentina   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Beef quality; Genetic markers; Growth hormone pathway

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAT6 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRANGUS CATTLE; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAZING; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84861833647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2011.December.19.3     Document Type: Article

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