SNP co-association and network analyses identify E2F3, KDM5A and BACH2 as key regulators of the bovine milk fatty acid profile

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pegolo, Sara ^a   Dadousis, Christos ^a   MacH, Núria ^b   Ramayo Caldas, Yuliaxis ^b,c   Mele, Marcello ^d   Conte, Giuseppe ^d   Schiavon, Stefano ^a   Bittante, Giovanni ^a   Cecchinato, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Institute for Research and Technology in Food and Agriculture (IRTA)   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MILK; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; LIPID METABOLISM; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 85041636576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17434-7     Document Type: Article

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