Article
Identification and dissection of four major QTL affecting milk fat content in the German Holstein-Friesian population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wang Xiaolong, Wurmser Christine, Pausch Hubert, Jung Simone, Reinhardt Friedrich, Tetens Jens, Thaller Georg, Fries Ruedi
Abstract excerpt
Milk composition traits exhibit a complex genetic architecture with a small number of major quantitative trait loci (QTL) explaining a large fraction of the genetic variation and numerous QTL with minor effects. In order to identify QTL for milk fat percentage (FP) in the German Holstein-Friesian (HF) population, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed. The study population consisted of 2327...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Chromosome Mapping
- Fats
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genotype
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Milk