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Genome-wide association study for pigmentation traits in Chinese Holstein population.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Fan Yipeng, Wang Peng, Fu Weixuan, Dong Tian, Qi Chao, Liu Lin, Guo Gang, Li Cong, Cui Xiaogang, Zhang Shengli, Zhang Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Dongxiao
Abstract excerpt
With the Illumina BovineSNP50K BeadChip, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for two pigmentation traits in a Chinese Holstein population: proportion of black (PB) and teat colour (TC). A case-control design was used. Cases were the cows with PB <0.30 (n = 129) and TC <2 points (n...
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