A genome-wide association study for milk production traits in Danish Jersey cattle using a 50K single nucleotide polymorphism chip

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3522-3528

  Mai, M D ^a,b   Sahana, G ^c   Christiansen, F B ^b   Guldbrandtsen, B ^c  

^a Research Institute for Aquaculture No 3   (Viet Nam)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genome wide association; Jersey dairy cattle; Milk; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; LACTATION; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

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EID: 78049233409     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2713     Document Type: Article

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