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The effect of breed and diet type on the global transcriptome of hepatic tissue in beef cattle divergent for feed efficiency

BACKGROUND: Feed efficiency is an important economic and environmental trait in beef production, which can be measured in terms of residual feed intake (RFI). Cattle selected for low-RFI (feed efficient) have similar production levels but decreased feed intake, while also emitting less methane. RFI...

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Autores principales: Higgins, Marc G., Kenny, David A., Fitzsimons, Claire, Blackshields, Gordon, Coyle, Séan, McKenna, Clare, McGee, Mark, Morris, Derek W., Waters, Sinéad M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31242854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5906-8