A genome-wide association study using international breeding-evaluation data identifies major loci affecting production traits and stature in the Brown Swiss cattle breed

BMC Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Guo, Jiazhong ^a,b   Jorjani, Hossein ^b   Carlborg, Örjan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CATTLE FARMING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 6; FERTILITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENETICS; GENOME; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BOS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866787911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-82     Document Type: Article

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