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Veneroni,Gisele Batista; Meirelles,Sarah Laguna; Oliveira,Henrique Nunes de; Alencar,Maurício Mello de; Gasparin,Gustavo; Gouveia,João José de Simoni; Cervini,Marcelo; Regitano,Luciana Correia de Almeida. |
Canchim, a synthetic breed of cattle derived from the Charolais and Zebu group has been used in the beef-cattle industry in Brazil as an alternative for intensifying production. One of the main concerns with this breed is its poor fat deposition and consequently, there is an effort to increase the performance for this trait. The thyroglobulin gene is located in a QTL region for fat deposition, and reports describe the influence of a polymorphism in the 5´ leader sequence of that gene on marbling and subcutaneous fat thickness. This study analyzed the association of this polymorphism in the thyroglobulin gene, as well as of two flanking microsatellite markers, CSSM066 and ILSTS011, with backfat thickness in 987 Canchim beef cattle. The CSSM066 and ILSTS011... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Canchim breed; Fat deposition; Molecular markers; Candidate gene. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162012000100001 |
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