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Mapping of fertility traits in Finnish Ayrshire by genome-wide association analysis.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Schulman N F, Sahana G, Iso-Touru T, McKay S D, Schnabel R D, Lund M S, Taylor J F, Virta J, Vilkki J H
Abstract excerpt
A whole-genome scan using single marker association was used to detect chromosome regions associated with seven female fertility traits in Finnish Ayrshire dairy cattle. The phenotypic data consisted of de-regressed estimated breeding values for 340 bulls which were estimated using a single trait model. Genotypes were obtained with the Illumina BovineSNP50 panel and a total of 35 630 informative, high-quality...
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