A genome scan for quantitative trait loci influencing carcass, post-natal growth and reproductive traits in commercial Angus cattle

Animal Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-607

  McClure, M C ^a   Morsci, N S ^b   Schnabel, R D ^a   Kim, J W ^a   Yao, P ^a,c   Rolf, M M ^a   McKay, S D ^a   Gregg, S J ^a   Chapple, R H ^a   Northcutt, S L ^d   Taylor, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Angus Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Association analysis; beef; Bos taurus; genome scan; linkage analysis; QTL

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; LOKI;

EID: 78449301135     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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