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Detailed phenotyping identifies genes with pleiotropic effects on body composition

BACKGROUND: Genetic variation in both the composition and distribution of fat and muscle in the body is important to human health as well as the healthiness and value of meat from cattle and sheep. Here we use detailed phenotyping and a multi-trait approach to identify genes explaining variation in...

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Autores principales: Bolormaa, Sunduimijid, Hayes, Ben J., van der Werf, Julius H.J., Pethick, David, Goddard, Michael E., Daetwyler, Hans D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4788919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26968377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2538-0