Confirmed effects of candidate variants for milk production, udder health, and udder morphology in dairy cattle

Abstract Background Over the last years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on imputed whole-genome sequences (WGS) have been used to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) and highlight candidate genes for important traits. However, in general this approach does not allow to validate the ef...

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Main Authors: Thierry Tribout, Pascal Croiseau, Rachel Lefebvre, Anne Barbat, Mekki Boussaha, Sébastien Fritz, Didier Boichard, Chris Hoze, Marie-Pierre Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-020-00575-1