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Genome-wide association mapping of milk production traits in Braunvieh cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2012
Maxa J, Neuditschko M, Russ I, Förster M, Medugorac I
Abstract excerpt
A whole-genome association study of milk production traits: milk yield, protein yield, fat yield, protein percentage, and fat percentage, was performed on the population of Braunvieh cattle. Five hundred and fifty-four progeny-tested bulls and 36,219 autosomal single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers on 29 Bos taurus autosomes (BTA) were included in the analysis. A principal component analysis was conducted...
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