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Quantitative trait loci affecting milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2003
Viitala S M, Schulman N F, de Koning D J, Elo K, Kinos R, Virta A, Virta J, Mäki-Tanila A, Vilkki J H
Abstract excerpt
A whole genome scan of Finnish Ayrshire was conducted to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting milk production. The analysis included 12 half-sib families containing a total of 494 bulls in a granddaughter design. The families were genotyped with 150 markers to construct a 2764 cM (Haldane) male linkage map. In this study interval mapping with multiple-marker regression approach was extended to analyse...
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