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Sequence-based GWAS reveals genes and variants associated with predicted methane emissions in French dairy cows.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 17 Jun 2025
Fresco Solène, Sanchez Marie-Pierre, Boichard Didier, Fritz Sébastien, Martin Pauline
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Due to their contribution to global warming, methane emissions from ruminants have been the subject of considerable scientific interest. It has been proposed that such emissions might be reduced using genetic selection; proposed phenotypes differ in the measurement methods used (direct or predicted methane emissions) and in the unit under consideration (g/d, g/kg of milk, g/kg of intake, residual...
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- Animals
- Cattle
- Methane
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Female
