A genome-wide association study for quantitative trait loci of show-jumping in Hanoverian warmblood horses

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-400

  Schroder W ^a   Klostermann, A ^a   Stock, K F ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome wide association study; Horse; Quantitative trait loci; Show jumping; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HORSES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84863728760     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02265.x     Document Type: Article

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