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Comparison of methods for partitioning training and validation populations to optimize prediction accuracy and enable across-breed genomic selection in beef cattle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
for these traits of economic importance. These regions will serve as independent validations in the literature as well as a guidepost for researchers looking for causal mutations within the bovine genome....
Genome scan in commercial angus cattle for quantitative trait loci influencing growth, carcass, and reproductive traits
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
influence all of the economically important growth and carcass traits, even for traits under strong selection. Despite considerable selection pressure by Angus producers on economically important traits over the past 30 years there remains a wide range...