Stories and challenges of genome wide association studies in livestock - a review

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1371-1379

  Sharmaa, Aditi ^a   Lee, Jun Seop ^a   Dang, Chang Gwon ^a   Sudrajad, Pita ^a   Kim, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Yeon, Seong Heum ^a   Kang, Hee Seol ^a   Lee, Seung Hwan ^b  

^a Hanwoo Experiment Station   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genome wide Association; Livestock; QTL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941563345     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.14.0715     Document Type: Review

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