Genome wide association study for the identification of genes associated with tail fat deposition in Chinese sheep breeds
Chinese indigenous sheep can be classified into three types based on tail morphology: fat-tailed, fat-rumped, and thin-tailed sheep, of which the typical breeds are large-tailed Han sheep, Altay sheep, and Tibetan sheep, respectively. To unravel the molecular genetic basis underlying the phenotypic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2021-05-01
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Series: | Biology Open |
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Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/10/5/bio054932 |