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A divergent Artiodactyl MYADM-like repeat is associated with erythrocyte traits and weight of lamb weaned in domestic sheep.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Gonzalez Michael V, Mousel Michelle R, Herndon David R, Jiang Yu, Dalrymple Brian P, Reynolds James O, Johnson Wendell C, Herrmann-Hoesing Lynn M, White Stephen N
Abstract excerpt
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed to investigate seven red blood cell (RBC) phenotypes in over 500 domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from three breeds (Columbia, Polypay, and Rambouillet). A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) showed genome-wide significant association with increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC, P = 6.2×10(-14)) and genome-wide suggestive association with...
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