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Integrated GWAS and methylation analysis identify DNMT3A as an important regulator of growth in rabbits.
Genomics - 1 Sept 2026
Zhang Junsen, Zheng Kunkun, Tian Xinyang, Tang Tao, Zhou Junkun, Jia Xianbo, Sun Wenqiang, Chen Shi-Yi
Abstract excerpt
The parameters of individual growth curve can serve as pseudo-phenotype for genetic evaluation in livestock. In this study, we compared five nonlinear growth models using post-weaning body weights of 706 New Zealand White rabbits. Under the best-fitting model, two parameters of mature weight and maturity rate were subjected to GWAS through single-step genomic BLUP framework that integrated phenotypic records from...
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- Animals
- Rabbits
- DNA Methylation
- DNA Methyltransferase 3A
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases
