Domesticated species form a treasure-trove for molecular characterization of Mendelian traits by exploiting the specific genetic structure of these species in across-breed genome wide association studies

Heredity

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Megens, H J ^a   Groenen, M A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY; HYBRID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENETICS; GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENOME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84863719178     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.128     Document Type: Review

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