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Genome-wide association study for calving performance using high-density genotypes in dairy and beef cattle

BACKGROUND: Calving difficulty and perinatal mortality are prevalent in modern-day cattle production systems. It is well-established that there is a genetic component to both traits, yet little is known about their underlying genomic architecture, particularly in beef breeds. Therefore, we performed...

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Autores principales: Purfield, Deirdre C, Bradley, Daniel G, Evans, Ross D, Kearney, Francis J, Berry, Donagh P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26065883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0126-4