Whole genome association study identifies regions of the bovine genome and biological pathways involved in carcass trait performance in Holstein-Friesian cattle

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Doran, Anthony G ^a,b   Berry, Donagh P ^a   Creevey, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological pathways; Carcass; Genome wide association; Holstein Friesian; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; GLUCAGON; LEPTIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; BOVINE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GLUCAGON; LEPTIN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908088947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-837     Document Type: Article

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