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Genome-wide association studies and genomic prediction of breeding values for calving performance and body conformation traits in Holstein cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 7 Nov 2017
Abo-Ismail Mohammed K, Brito Luiz F, Miller Stephen P, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Grossi Daniela A, Moore Steve S, Plastow Graham, Stothard Paul, Nayeri Shadi, Schenkel Flavio S
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BACKGROUND: Our aim was to identify genomic regions via genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to improve the predictability of genetic merit in Holsteins for 10 calving and 28 body conformation traits. Animals were genotyped using the Illumina Bovine 50 K BeadChip and imputed to the Illumina BovineHD BeadChip (HD). GWAS were performed on 601,717 real and imputed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes...
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