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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Main Authors: Caiye Zhu, Na Li, Heping Cheng, Youji Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2021-05-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/10/5/bio054932