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Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Loci for the Polled Phenotype in Yak.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Liang Chunnian, Wang Lizhong, Wu Xiaoyun, Wang Kun, Ding Xuezhi, Wang Mingcheng, Chu Min, Xie Xiuyue, Qiu Qiang, Yan Ping
Abstract excerpt
The absence of horns, known as the polled phenotype, is an economically important trait in modern yak husbandry, but the genomic structure and genetic basis of this phenotype have yet to be discovered. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study with a panel of 10 horned and 10 polled yaks using whole genome sequencing. We mapped the POLLED locus to a 200-kb interval, which comprises three protein-coding...
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