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Association of missense variants in GDF9 with litter size in Entlebucher Mountain dogs.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2020
Torrecilha R B P, Milanesi M, Wade C M, Gallana M, Falbo A-K, Reichler I M, Hug P, Jagannathan V, Trigo B B, Paulan S C, Bruno D B, Garcia S D, Scaramele N F, Lopes F L, Dolf G, Leeb T, Sölkner J, Garcia J F, Pieńkowska-Schelling A, Schelling C, Utsunomiya Y T
Abstract excerpt
In the past two decades, average litter size (ALS) in Entlebucher Mountain dogs decreased by approximately 0.8 puppies. We conducted a GWAS for ALS using the single-step methodology to take advantage of 1632 pedigree records, 892 phenotypes and 372 genotypes (173 662 markers) for which only 12% of the dogs had both phenotypes and genotypes available. Our analysis revealed associations towards the growth...
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