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Genome-wide association mapping for female fertility traits in Danish and Swedish Holstein cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2010
Sahana G, Guldbrandtsen B, Bendixen C, Lund M S
Abstract excerpt
A genome-wide association study was conducted using a mixed model analysis for QTL for fertility traits in Danish and Swedish Holstein cattle. The analysis incorporated 2,531 progeny tested bulls, and a total of 36,387 SNP markers on 29 bovine autosomes were used. Eleven fertility traits were analyzed for SNP association. Furthermore, mixed model analysis was used for association analyses where a polygenic effect...
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