Unveiling Genetic Markers for Milk Yield in Xinjiang Donkeys: A Genome-Wide Association Study and Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR-Based Approach.

Abstract excerpt

Lactation traits are critical economic attributes in domestic animals. This study investigates genetic markers and functional genes associated with lactation traits in Xinjiang donkeys. We analyzed 112 Xinjiang donkeys using 10× whole genome re-sequencing to obtain genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Genome-wide association analyses were conducted using PLINK 2.0 and GEMMA 0.98.5 software,...

Topics

• Animals
• Equidae
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
• Genome-Wide Association Study
• Milk
• Lactation