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Fine mapping QTL for female fertility on BTA04 and BTA13 in dairy cattle using HD SNP and sequence data.
BMC genomics - 13 Sept 2014
Höglund Johanna K, Sahana Goutam, Brøndum Rasmus Froberg, Guldbrandtsen Bernt, Buitenhuis Bart, Lund Mogens S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Female fertility is important for the maintenance of the production in a dairy cattle herd. Two QTL regions on BTA04 and on BTA13 previously detected in Nordic Holstein (NH) and validated in the Danish Jersey (DJ) and Nordic Red (NR) were investigated further in the present study to further refine the QTL locations. Refined QTL regions were imputed to the full sequence data. The genes in the regions...
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