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Genome-wide association study of trypanosome prevalence and morphometric traits in purebred and crossbred Baoulé cattle of Burkina Faso.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Yougbaré Bernadette, Soudré Albert, Ouédraogo Dominique, Zoma Bienvenue L, Tapsoba Arnaud S R, Sanou Moumouni, Ouédraogo-Koné Salifou, Burger Pamela A, Wurzinger Maria, Khayatzadeh Negar, Tamboura Hamidou H, Mwai Okeyo Ally, Traoré Amadou, Sölkner Johann, Mészáros Gábor
Abstract excerpt
In this study, single-SNP GWAS analyses were conducted to find regions affecting tolerance against trypanosomosis and morphometrics traits in purebred and crossbred Baoulé cattle of Burkina Faso. The trypanosomosis status (positive and negative) and a wide set of morphological traits were recorded for purebred Baoulé and crossbred Zebu x Baoulé cattle, and genotyped with the Illumina Bovine SNP50 BeadChip. After...
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