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The study and determination of the importance of non-genetic factors on production traits of the Nellore breed are essential to genetic evaluation programs, because they define which traits should or... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Genetic selection for production traits has resulted in a rapid improvement in animal performance and development. Previous studies have mapped quantitative trait loci for body weight at 35 and 41 day... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2015

ABSTRACT: Longevity is an important trait due to its relationship with profitability. Type traits have been used as indirect predictors for productive life. The objective of this study was to evaluate... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2018

Meat quality is an important trait for the beef industry. Backfat thickness, ribeye area, and shear force are traits measured late in life, and the investigation of molecular markers associated with t... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2012

Meat quality is an important trait for the beef industry. Backfat thickness, ribeye area, and shear force are traits measured late in life, and the investigation of molecular markers associated with t... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2012

The associations of leptin (LEP) gene polymorphisms C798T, T2411C, T3266G and T3469C with production traits were investigated in a F2 pig population produced by divergent crosses. The statistical mode... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2006

The ASAP1 gene is located in a QTL region for meat production traits and to access the role of the ASAP1 gene, the association between a SNP in this gene and production traits in beef cattle was studi... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2012

Abstract: Intense selection for production traits has improved the genetic gain of important economic traits. However, selection for performance and carcass traits has led to the onset of locomotors p... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2017

Brazil has the second largest herd of cattle in the world (Anualpec (2008)) with predominance of Bos indicus breeds which have a higher heat tolerance, resistance to parasites and fertility than cattl... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2010

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