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A polygenic basis for birth weight in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus).
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 11 Apr 2023
Gauzere Julie, Pemberton Josephine M, Slate Jon, Morris Alison, Morris Sean, Walling Craig A, Johnston Susan E
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The genetic architecture of traits under selection has important consequences for the response to selection and potentially for population viability. Early QTL mapping studies in wild populations have reported loci with large effect on trait variation. However, these results are contradicted by more recent genome-wide association analyses, which strongly support the idea that most quantitative traits have a...
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