Searching new signals for production traits through gene-based association analysis in three Italian cattle breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 361-370

  Capomaccio, Stefano ^a   Milanesi, Marco ^a   Bomba, Lorenzo ^a   Cappelli, Katia ^b   Nicolazzi, Ezequiel L ^c   Williams, John L ^c,e   Ajmone Marsan, Paolo ^a   Stefanon, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

dairy cattle; genewise; GWAS

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84937968915     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12303     Document Type: Article

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