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Mapping of multiple quantitative trait loci affecting bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Zhang Chi, De Koning Dirk-Jan, Hernández-Sánchez Jules, Haley Chris S, Williams John L, Wiener Pamela
Abstract excerpt
A whole-genome scan was conducted to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for BSE resistance or susceptibility. Cows from four half-sib families were included and 173 microsatellite markers were used to construct a 2835-cM (Kosambi) linkage map covering 29 autosomes and the pseudoautosomal region of the sex chromosome. Interval mapping by linear regression was applied and extended to a multiple-QTL analysis approach...
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