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Genome screen for twinning rate QTL in four North American Holstein families.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2005
Cobanoglu O, Berger P J, Kirkpatrick B W
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to identify twinning rate quantitative trait loci (QTL) by typing pooled samples in a preliminary screening followed by interval mapping to test QTL effects. Four elite North American Holstein half-sib sire families with high twinning rate predicted transmitting abilities (PTA) were used in this study. Chromosomes 5, 7, 19 and 23 were not genotyped as these chromosomes were scanned...
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