The effect of breed and diet type on the global transcriptome of hepatic tissue in beef cattle divergent for feed efficiency

The effect of breed and diet type on the global transcriptome of hepatic tissue in beef cattle divergent for feed efficiency

Abstract Background Feed efficiency is an important economic and environmental trait in beef production, which can be measured in terms of residual feed intake (RFI). Cattle selected for low-RFI (feed efficient) have similar production levels but decreased feed intake, while also emitting less metha...

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Main Authors: Marc G. Higgins, David A. Kenny, Claire Fitzsimons, Gordon Blackshields, Séan Coyle, Clare McKenna, Mark McGee, Derek W. Morris, Sinéad M. Waters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Bovine genetics
RNA-Seq
Feed efficiency
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5906-8

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