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Genome-Wide Association Study of the Reproductive Traits of the Dazu Black Goat (Capra hircus) Using Whole-Genome Resequencing.
Genes - 19 Oct 2023
Fang Xingqiang, Gu Bowen, Chen Meixi, Sun Ruifan, Zhang Jipan, Zhao Le, Zhao Yongju
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Reproductive traits are the basic economic traits of goats and important indicators in goat breeding. In this study, Dazu black goats (DBGs; n = 150), an important Chinese local goat breed with excellent reproductive performance, were used to screen for important variation loci and genes of reproductive traits. Through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), 18 SNPs were found to be associated with kidding traits...
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