| 摘要 |
The physiological regulation of intake, growth and energy partitioning in animals is under the control of multiple genes, which may be important cand idates for unraveling the genetic variation in economically relevant traits in beef production. The present invention relates to the identification of s ingle nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the bovine gene encoding fibrob last growth factor 8 ("FGF8") and their associations with economically relev ant traits in beef production. The invention further encompasses methods and systems, including network-based processes, to manage the SNP data and othe r data relating to specific animals and herds of animals, veterinarian care, diagnostic and quality control data and management of livestock which, base d on genotyping, have predictable meat quality traits, husbandry conditions, animal welfare, food safety information, audit of existing processes and da ta from field locations.
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