Progress of genome wide association study in domestic animals

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Wang, Zhipeng ^a,b   Wang, Shouzhi ^a,b   Li, Hui ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Genome wide association study (GWAS); Quantitative trait loci (QTL); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894493110     PISSN: 16749782     EISSN: 20491891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-1891-3-26     Document Type: Review

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