Genomic Approaches Reveal Pleiotropic Effects in Crossbred Beef Cattle.

ABSTRACT: Carcass and meat quality are two important attributes for the beef industry because they drive profitability and consumer demand. These traits are of even greater importance in crossbred cattle used in subtropical and tropical regions for their superior adaptability because they tend to underperform compared to their purebred counterparts. Many of these traits are challenging and expensive to measure and unavailable until late in life or after the animal is harvested, hence unrealistic to improve through traditional phenotypic selection, but perfect candidates for genomic selection. Before genomic selection can be implemented in crossbred populations, it is important to explore if pleiotropic effects exist between carcass and meat quality traits. Therefore, the objective of this study was

SUBMITTER: Rezende FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017557 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature