Analysis of copy number variations among diverse cattle breeds

Genome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 693-703

  Liu, George E ^a   Hou, Yali ^a,b   Zhu, Bin ^b   Cardone, Maria Francesca ^c   Jiang, Lu ^b   Cellamare, Angelo ^c   Mitra, Apratim ^b   Alexander, Leeson J ^a   Coutinho, Luiz L ^d   Dell'Aquila, Maria Elena ^e   Gasbarre, Lou C ^a   Lacalandra, Gianni ^e   Li, Robert W ^a   Matukumalli, Lakshmi K ^a,f   Nonneman, Dan ^g   Regitano, Luciana C De A ^h   Smith, Tim P L ^g   Song, Jiuzhou ^b   Sonstegard, Tad S ^a   Van Tassell, Curt P ^a   Ventura, Mario ^c   Eichler, Evan E ^i,j   McDaneld, Tara G ^g   Keele, John W ^g   more..

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Department of Animal Production   (Italy)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BREED; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RUMINATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ULBP GENE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GENOMIC STRUCTURAL VARIATION; GENOMICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEGMENTAL DUPLICATIONS, GENOMIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 77951798133     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.105403.110     Document Type: Article

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