Genome-Wide Association Study of Age at First Calving in U.S. Holstein Cows

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of age at first calving (AFC) using 813,114 first lactation Holstein cows and 75,524 SNPs identified 2063 additive effects and 29 dominance effects with <i>p</i>-values < 10<sup>−8</sup>. Three chromosomes had highly significant addit...

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Main Authors: Dzianis Prakapenka, Zuoxiang Liang, Yang Da
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/24/8/7109