An interpretive review of selective sweep studies in Bos taurus cattle populations: Identification of unique and shared selection signals across breeds

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Gutiérrez Gil, Beatriz ^a   Arranz, Juan J ^a   Wiener, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeds; Candidate genes; Cattle; Diversity; Domestication; Selection signals; Selective sweep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 3; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ABCG2 GENE; CATTLE BREED; DGAT1 GENE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENRICHMENT ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GHR GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIPID METABOLISM; NCAPG GENE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE SWEEP; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAURINE CATTLE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84940106892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00167     Document Type: Review

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