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- Title
Quantitative trait loci with effects on feed efficiency traits in Hereford × composite double backcross populations.
- Authors
Márquez, G. C.; Enns, R. M.; Grosz, M. D.; Alexander, L. J.; MacNeil, M. D.
- Abstract
Two half-sib families of backcross progeny were produced by mating F1 Line 1 Hereford (L1) × composite gene combination (CGC) bulls with L1 and CGC cows. Feed intake and periodic weights were measured for 218 backcross progeny. These progenies were genotyped using 232 microsatellite markers that spanned the 29 BTA. Progeny from L1 and CGC females was analysed separately using composite interval mapping to find quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting daily dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), feed conversion (FCR) and residual feed intake (RFI). Results from both backcrosses were pooled to find additional QTL. In the backcross to L1, QTL were detected for RFI and DMI on BTA11, FCR on BTA16, and ADG on BTA9. In the backcross to CGC, QTL were detected for RFI on BTA10, FCR on BTA12 and 16 and ADG on BTA15 and 17. After pooling, QTL were detected for RFI on BTA 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13 and 16; for FCR on BTA 9, 12, 16, 17 and 21; for ADG on BTA 9, 14, 15, 17; and for DMI on BTA 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 20 and 23.
- Subjects
DAIRY cattle feeding &; feeds; HEREFORD cattle; ANIMAL genetic engineering; MICROSATELLITE repeats; GENOTYPE-environment interaction; GENE mapping; ANIMAL genetics research
- Publication
Animal Genetics, 2009, Vol 40, Issue 6, p986
- ISSN
0268-9146
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01946.x