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SUBMITTER: Cesar AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230646 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cesar Aline S M AS Regitano Luciana C A LC Mourão Gerson B GB Tullio Rymer R RR Lanna Dante P D DP Nassu Renata T RT Mudado Maurício A MA Oliveira Priscila S N PS do Nascimento Michele L ML Chaves Amália S AS Alencar Maurício M MM Sonstegard Tad S TS Garrick Dorian J DJ Reecy James M JM Coutinho Luiz L LL
BMC genetics 20140325
<h4>Background</h4>Meat from Bos taurus and Bos indicus breeds are an important source of nutrients for humans and intramuscular fat (IMF) influences its flavor, nutritional value and impacts human health. Human consumption of fat that contains high levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) can reduce the concentration of undesirable cholesterol (LDL) in circulating blood. Different feeding practices and genetic variation within and between breeds influences the amount of IMF and fatty acid ( ...[more]