@conference {41785,
	title = {Effect of MyoMAX on carcass lean and fat},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {43-44},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Brisbane, Australia},
	abstract = {Previous research has identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) for increased lean meat yield and decreased fat in similar regions of sheep chromosome 2, in New Zealand and Belgian Texels (Broad et al., 2000; Johnson et al., 2005; Laville et al., 2004; Marcq et al., 2002). In the case of the Belgian Texels it has been demonstrated that a single G to A transition ...Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Bain WE and PL Johnson and Greer GJ and Dodds KG and McLean NJ and McLaren RJ and Galloway SM and Van Stijn TC and McEwan JC}
}
@conference {41720,
	title = {LoinMAX and MyoMAX : Taking DNA marker tests from the research environment to commercial reality},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {67},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {160-162},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Wanaka},
	abstract = {Meat yield is an important component of most sheep breeding programmes. To improve meat yield, breeders use a variety of tools including marker assisted selection (MAS). Ovita funded AgResearch to develop two marker tests to assist in selection for superior meat yield. These have been branded MyoMAX TMand LoinMAX TMand originated from quantitative trait loci (QTL)studies over the past decade. In both cases the development of these commercial marker tests  involved refining the QTL locations, identifying informative marker haplotypes and validating these in industry flocks. Both the LoinMAX TMand  MyoMAX TMbeta tests were field validated using a numberof commercial breeders. The validation process showed that the phenotypic effects of both LoinMAX TM and MyoMAX TM were significant in different genetic backgrounds and that there were no negative correlations between the presence of LoinMAX T Mand  MyoMAX TM with other traits, such as meat quality and growth rate. Both LoinMAX TM and MyoMAX TM have now been successfully commercially launched byCatapult Genetics Ltd and are being widely used in industry.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Campbell AW and McLaren RJ}
}
