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Evidence for pleiotropism and recent selection in the PLAG1 region in Australian Beef cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Fortes M R S, Kemper K, Sasazaki S, Reverter A, Pryce J E, Barendse W, Bunch R, McCulloch R, Harrison B, Bolormaa S, Zhang Y D, Hawken R J, Goddard M E, Lehnert S A
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A putative functional mutation (rs109231213) near PLAG1 (BTA14) associated with stature was studied in beef cattle. Data from 8199 Bos taurus, Bos indicus and Tropical Composite cattle were used to test the associations between rs109231213 and various phenotypes. Further, 23 496 SNPs located on B...
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