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Association of polymorphisms in growth hormone and leptin candidate genes with live weight traits of Brahman cattle

N. Hernández, Martínez-González, J. C., Parra-Bracamonte, G. M., Sifuentes-Rincón, A. M., López-Villalobos, N., Morris, S. T., Briones-Encinia, F., Ortega-Rivas, E., Pacheco-Contreras, V. I., Meza-García, L. A., Hernández, N., Martínez-González, J. C., Parra-Bracamonte, G. M., Sifuentes-Rincón, A. M., López-Villalobos, N., Morris, S. T., Briones-Encinia, F., Ortega-Rivas, E., Pacheco-Contreras, V. I., and Meza-García, L. A., Association of polymorphisms in growth hormone and leptin candidate genes with live weight traits of Brahman cattle, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Polymorphisms in candidate genes can produce significant and favorable changes in the phenotype, and therefore are useful for the identification of the best combination of favorable variants for marker-assisted selection. In the present study, an assessment to evaluate the effect of 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes on live weight traits of registered Brahman cattle was performed. Data from purebred bulls were used in this assessment. The dataset included birth (BW), weaning (WW), and yearling (YW) weights.

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