Non-additive genetic variation in growth, carcass and fertility traits of beef cattle

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bolormaa, Sunduimijid ^a   Pryce, Jennie E ^a   Zhang, Yuandan ^c   Reverter, Antonio ^d   Barendse, William ^d   Hayes, Ben J ^a   Goddard, Michael E ^a,b  

^a Jobs   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; EPISTASIS; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DOMINANT GENE; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84926442562     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0114-8     Document Type: Article

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