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Genome-wide association study for birth weight in Nellore cattle points to previously described orthologous genes affecting human and bovine height.
BMC genetics - 13 Jun 2013
Utsunomiya Yuri T, do Carmo Adriana S, Carvalheiro Roberto, Neves Haroldo H R, Matos Márcia C, Zavarez Ludmilla B, Pérez O'Brien Ana M, Sölkner Johann, McEwan John C, Cole John B, Van Tassell Curtis P, Schenkel Flávio S, da Silva Marcos V G B, Porto Neto Laercio R, Sonstegard Tad S, Garcia José F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Birth weight (BW) is an economically important trait in beef cattle, and is associated with growth- and stature-related traits and calving difficulty. One region of the cattle genome, located on Bos primigenius taurus chromosome 14 (BTA14), has been previously shown to be associated with stature by multiple independent studies, and contains orthologous genes affecting human height. A genome-wide...
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