A Meta-Analysis Including Pre-selected Sequence Variants Associated With Seven Traits in Three French Dairy Cattle Populations

A within-breed genome-wide association study (GWAS) is useful when identifying the QTL that segregates in a breed. However, an across-breed meta-analysis can be used to increase the power of identification and precise localization of QTL that segregate in multiple breeds. Precise localization will a...

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Main Authors: Andrew G. Marete, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Mogens S. Lund, Sébastien Fritz, Goutam Sahana, Didier Boichard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00522/full