Heritability and bayesian genome-wide association study of first service conception and pregnancy in Brangus heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 605-612

  Peters, S O ^a,b,g   Kizilkaya, K ^c,d   Garrick, D J ^c,e   Fernando, R L ^c   Reecy, J M ^c   Weaber, R L ^e   Silver, G A ^a   Thomas, M G ^a,f  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^g BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brangus; Fertility; Genome; Heifer; Quantitative trait loci; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882567952     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5580     Document Type: Article

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