The effects of a loin muscling quantitative trait locus (LoinMAX™) on carcass and VIA-based traits in crossbred lambs

LoinMAX (LM) is a quantitative trait locus (QTL), which was found to be segregated in Australian Poll Dorset sheep, and maps to the distal end of sheep chromosome 18. LM-QTL was reported to increase Musculus longissimus dorsi area and weight by 11% and 8%, respectively. The aim of this study was to...

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Published in:	Animal
Main Authors:	A.Y. Masri, N.R. Lambe, J.M. Macfarlane, S. Brotherstone, W. Haresign, E. Rius-Vilarrasa, L. Bünger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2010-01-01
Subjects:	LoinMAX™ QTL, crossbred lambs, muscling, computer tomography, video image analysis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173110999125X