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Genome-wide association mapping for type and mammary health traits in French dairy goats identifies a pleiotropic region on chromosome 19 in the Saanen breed.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2018
Martin Pauline, Palhière Isabelle, Maroteau Cyrielle, Clément Virginie, David Ingrid, Klopp Gwenola Tosser, Rupp Rachel
Abstract excerpt
Type traits and mammary health traits are important to dairy ruminant breeding because they influence animal health, milking ability, and longevity, as well as the economic sustainability of farms. The availability of the genomic sequence and a single nucleotide polymorphism chip in goats has opened up new fields of investigation to better understand the genes and mechanisms that underlie such complex traits and...
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