Article
A QTL with major effect on milk yield and composition maps to bovine chromosome 14.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jul 1998
Coppieters W, Riquet J, Arranz J J, Berzi P, Cambisano N, Grisart B, Karim L, Marcq F, Moreau L, Nezer C, Simon P, Vanmanshoven P, Wagenaar D, Georges M
Abstract excerpt
A whole genome scan was undertaken in a granddaughter design comprising 1158 progeny-tested bulls in order to map QTL influencing milk yield and composition. In this paper we report the identification of a locus on the centromeric end of bovine Chromosome (Chr) 14, with major effect on fat and pr...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cattle
- Centromere
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Male
- Milk
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable