Mapping of fertility traits in Finnish Ayrshire by genome-wide association analysis

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-269

  Schulman, N F ^a,b   Sahana, G ^b   Iso Touru, T ^a   McKay, S D ^c   Schnabel, R D ^c   Lund, M S ^b   Taylor, J F ^c   Virta, J ^a   Vilkki, J H ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

association; cattle; cow; fertility; Genome Wide Association (GWA); mapping; quantitative trait loci; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

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EID: 79955913033     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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