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Trait-based analysis in dairy cattle using blood group polymorphisms.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 1998
Rocha J L, Sanders J O, Cherbonnier D M, Lawlor T J, Taylor J F
Abstract excerpt
The potential of trait-based analysis to detect quantitative trait loci was investigated using blood group polymorphisms as the marker systems and milk and type traits in Holstein cattle as the quantitative traits. Within large half-sib families, animals were ranked on their predicted transmitted abilities or phenotypes, and blood group allele frequencies were compared between the upper and lower 5% tails of the...
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