Genomics to systems biology in animal and veterinary sciences: Progress, lessons and opportunities

Livestock Science

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 232-248

  Kadarmideen, Haja N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EQTL; Genomic prediction; RNAseq; SgBLUP; Systems biology; Systems genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84905574771     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.04.028     Document Type: Article

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