Milk fatty acids are essential for many dairy product productions, while intramuscular fat
(IMF) is associated with the quality of meat. The triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major …

Classic animal breeding focuses on changes in genetic composition of populations through
selection and breeding systems designed to increase the frequency of favorable alleles …

Simple Summary Appropriate intramuscular fat content (IFC) is the goal of consumers and
the direction that breeders must pursue. However, it is difficult to improve the IFC but not …

This study was designed to investigate the candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms
(SNPs) in the exon's region of bovine diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase (DGAT1) gene using …

Cattle breeding routinely uses crossbreeding between subspecies (Bos taurus taurus and
Bos taurus indicus) to form composite breeds, such as Brangus. These composite breeds …

Given the important role of leptin in metabolism, we looked for a possible association of
leptin and leptin receptor polymorphisms with carcass and growth traits in Nellore cattle. We …

The Brangus cattle were developed to utilize the superior traits of Angus and Brahman
cattle. Their genetic compositions are expected to be stabilized at 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 …

Attainment of puberty is a key developmental event influenced by genetic and environmental
factors. In examining age at attainment of puberty, we observed closely related rams from …

The purpose of the current review was to explore and summarize different studies
concerning the detection and characterization of candidate genes and genomic regions …

The objective of this work was to estimate the allele polymorphism frequencies of genes in
Nellore cattle and associate them with meat quality and carcass traits. Six hundred males …