Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira

132. Identification of Candidate Genes Associated with Weaning Weight in Simmental Cattle.

Weaning weight is an economically important trait in beef cattle, as it reflects early growth, maternal ability, and calf development. In US Simmental cattle, the open-herdbook system may affect gene enrichment patterns by introducing alleles from other breeds that might alter the genetic architecture of this trait....