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| Silveira,Luiz Guilherme G.; Furlan,Luiz R.; Curi,Rogério A.; Ferraz,André Luiz J.; Alencar,Maurício M. de; Regitano,Luciana C.A.; Martins,Cyntia L.; Arrigoni,Mário de Beni; Suguisawa,Liliane; Silveira,Antônio C.; Oliveira,Henrique N. de. |
| The growth hormone 1 gene (GH1) is a candidate gene for body weight and weight gain in cattle since it plays a fundamental role in growth regulation. We investigated the GH1 gene AluI and DdeI restriction enzyme polymorphisms, located 149 bp apart in the cattle genome, as possible markers of the production potential of Canchim crossbreed cattle, a 5/8 Charolais (Bos taurus) and 3/8 Nelore (Bos indicus) breed developed in Brazil, by evaluating the birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight and plasma insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) concentration of 7 month to 10 months old Canchim calves (n = 204) of known genealogy and which had been genotyped for the AluI and DdeI markers. Our results showed significant effect (p < 0.05) between the homozygous... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Polymorphism; Growth hormone; Candidate gene. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000500012 |
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