Genome-wide association study identified three major QTL for carcass weight including the PLAG1-CHCHD7 QTN for stature in Japanese Black cattle

BMC Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nishimura, Shota ^a   Watanabe, Toshio ^a,e   Mizoshita, Kazunori ^b   Tatsuda, Ken ^c   Fujita, Tatsuo ^d   Watanabe, Naoto ^d   Sugimoto, Yoshikazu ^a   Takasuga, Akiko ^a,e  

^a Japan Livestock Technology Association   (Japan)

^b Cattle Breeding Development Institute of Kagoshima Prefecture   (Japan)

^c Forestry and Fisheries   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Animal Industry   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Body weight; Carcass weight; Cattle; Growth trait; GWAS; QTL

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BULLOCK; CARCASS; CARCASS WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHCHD7 GENE; CHROMOSOME; EFFECT SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAG1 GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84861140743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-40     Document Type: Article

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