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Genome-wide associations for fertility traits in Holstein-Friesian dairy cows using data from experimental research herds in four European countries.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Aug 2012
Berry D P, Bastiaansen J W M, Veerkamp R F, Wijga S, Wall E, Berglund B, Calus M P L
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies for difficult-to-measure traits are generally limited by the sample population size with accurate phenotypic data. The objective of this study was to utilise data on primiparous Holstein-Friesian cows from experimental farms in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden to identify genomic regions associated with traditional measures of fertility, as well as a...
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