@conference {41172,
	title = {Search for a locus near to myostatin that increases muscling in Texel sheep in New Zealand},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {110-112},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {In close collaboration with three Texel breeders, we initially genotyped 36 rams with 5 DNA microsatellite markers that are known to map around the myostatin gene in sheep. Of these 36 rams, progeny of 12 polymorphic sires (4 from each flock) were selected for further analysis. This selection was made on the basis of each sire producing more than 40 offspring which were accompanied by parentage records, live weights at weaning and 8 months of age, and ultrasonic measurements of fat depth and rib-eye muscle dimensions. Final progeny numbers from the sires chosen ranged from 45 to 115 per sire. The data was analyzed by regressing the observed measurements on the probability of which paternal grandparental chromosome was inherited at the myostatin locus. The results suggest that the region of the sheep genome near the myostatin locus affects muscling (P<0.05) and fat depth (P<0.05) in the progeny of 4 of 12 sires tested. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Broad TE and Glass BC and Greer GJ and Robertson TM and Bain WE and Lord EA and McEwan JC}
}
@conference {40968,
	title = {Positional cloning to identify genes.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {57},
	year = {1997},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {302-304},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Target genes, identified by their phenotypic effect, can be located by positional cloning. Current genetic maps in livestock species lack the necessary detail for direct application in these projects. Fine maps of each target region must be developed using a variety of strategies. These include chromosome specific libraries and comparative mapping. A physical map of the region is generated by identifying overlapping clones containing large DNA inserts. All genes from the region are sought and candidate genes identified. The resources being developed in livestock projects, including the search for the Booroola (FecB) locus, and complete expression maps for the human genome will greatly facilitate future positional cloning projects in livestock. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Montgomery GW and Lord EA and Lumsden JM}
}
@conference {40289,
	title = {Karyotyping Booroola gene carriers},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {51},
	year = {1991},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {91-94},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {The success of a multiple-ovulation and embryo transfer  programme involving five breeds of sheep (Danish and Finnish Texel,  Oxford Down, Gotland Pelt, and the White Headed Marsh) was compared  across two seasonal periods. Results for the incidence of oestrous,  ovulation rate, embryo recovery rate, fertilisation rate, and for the  survival rate of the embryos to scanning and lambing in recipient ewes,  were compared. The ovulation rate (7.8},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Lord EA and Hill DF}
}
