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Multitrait quantitative trait Loci mapping for milk production traits in danish Holstein cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2006
Kucerová J, Lund M S, Sørensen P, Sahana G, Guldbrandtsen B, Nielsen V H, Thomsen B, Bendixen C
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were (1) to confirm previously identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) on bovine chromosomes 6, 11, 14, and 23 in the Danish Holstein cattle population, (2) to assess the pleiotropic nature of each QTL on milk production traits by building multitrait and multi-QTL models, and (3) to include pedigree information on nongenotyped individuals to improve the estimation of genetic parameters...
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