A genome-wide association study reveals loci influencing height and other conformation traits in horses.

The molecular analysis of genes influencing human height has been notoriously difficult. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for height in humans based on tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of samples so far revealed ∼200 loci for human height explaining only 20% of the heritability. In d...

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Main Authors: Heidi Signer-Hasler, Christine Flury, Bianca Haase, Dominik Burger, Henner Simianer, Tosso Leeb, Stefan Rieder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353922?pdf=render