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Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium in the Blonde d'Aquitaine cattle breed.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Aug 2013
Beghain J, Boitard S, Weiss B, Boussaha M, Gut I, Rocha D
Abstract excerpt
We present here the first genome-wide characterization of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the French Blonde d'Aquitaine (BLA) breed, a well-muscled breed renowned for producing high-yielding beef carcasses. To assess the pattern and extent of LD, we used a sample of 30 unrelated bulls and 36 923 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) covering all cattle autosomes. The squared correlation of the alleles at two loci...
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