Understanding and predicting complex traits: Knowledge from cattle

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue R1, 2012, Pages

  Kemper, Kathryn E ^a   Goddard, Mike E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPLEX TRAIT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84867115663     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds332     Document Type: Article

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