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How old are quantitative trait loci and how widely do they segregate?
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2015
Kemper K E, Hayes B J, Daetwyler H D, Goddard M E
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The mutations that cause genetic variation in quantitative traits could be old and segregate across many breeds or they could be young and segregate only within one breed. This has implications for our understanding of the evolution of quantitative traits and for genomic prediction to improve livestock. We investigated the age of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for milk production traits identified as segregating...
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