Comparison of the effects explained by variations in the bovinePLAG1andNCAPGgenes on daily body weight gain, linear skeletal measurements and carcass traits in Japanese Black steers from a progeny testing program

Genome-wide association study identified three major QTL for carcass weight including the PLAG1-CHCHD7 QTN for stature in Japanese Black cattle

(2012) Shota Nishimura et al.   BMC GENETICS

The SNP c.1326T>G in the non-SMC condensin I complex, subunit G (NCAPG) gene encoding a p.Ile442Met variant is associated with an increase in body frame size at puberty in cattle

(2011) K. Setoguchi et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Association, effects and validation of polymorphisms within the NCAPG - LCORL locus located on BTA6 with feed intake, gain, meat and carcass traits in beef cattle

(2011) Amanda K Lindholm-Perry et al.   BMC GENETICS

Variants modulating the expression of a chromosome domain encompassing PLAG1 influence bovine stature

(2011) Latifa Karim et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Metabolomic profiles indicate distinct physiological pathways affected by two loci with major divergent effect on Bos taurus growth and lipid deposition

(2010) Rosemarie Weikard et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Cross-breed comparisons identified a critical 591-kb region for bovine carcass weight QTL (CW-2) on chromosome 6 and the Ile-442-Met substitution in NCAPG as a positional candidate

(2009) Kouji Setoguchi et al.   BMC GENETICS

Dissection of Genetic Factors Modulating Fetal Growth in Cattle Indicates a Substantial Role of the Non-SMC Condensin I Complex, Subunit G (NCAPG) Gene

(2009) A. Eberlein et al.   GENETICS

Arginine metabolism and nutrition in growth, health and disease

(2008) Guoyao Wu et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Search for quantitative trait loci affecting growth and carcass traits in a cross population of beef and dairy cattle1

(2008) B. Gutiérrez-Gil et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height

(2008) Michael N Weedon et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

(2008) Daniel F Gudbjartsson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth

(2008) Guillaume Lettre et al.   NATURE GENETICS