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A 0.5-Mbp deletion on bovine chromosome 23 is a strong candidate for stillbirth in Nordic Red cattle

BACKGROUND: A whole-genome association study of 4631 progeny-tested Nordic Red dairy cattle bulls using imputed next-generation sequencing data revealed a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) that affects birth index (BI) on Bos taurus autosome (BTA) 23. We analyzed this QTL to identify which of the...

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Autores principales: Sahana, Goutam, Iso-Touru, Terhi, Wu, Xiaoping, Nielsen, Ulrik Sander, de Koning, Dirk-Jan, Lund, Mogens Sandø, Vilkki, Johanna, Guldbrandtsen, Bernt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-016-0215-z