Genome Association Study for Visual Scores in Nellore Cattle Measured at Weaning

Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are utilized in cattle to identify regions or genetic variants associated with phenotypes of interest, and thus, to identify design strategies that allow for the increase of the frequency of favorable alleles. Visual scores are important tra...

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Main Authors: Luis Orlando Duitama Carreño, Matilde da Conceição Pessoa, Rafael Espigolan, Luciana Takada, Tiago Bresolin, Ligia Cavani, Fernando Baldi, Roberto Carvalheiro, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque, Ricardo da Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5520-9