Genome-wide association study identified three major QTL for carcass weight including the PLAG1-CHCHD7 QTN for stature in Japanese Black cattle

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Authors

S. Nishimura · Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

Toshio Watanabe · Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

Kazunori Mizoshita

K. Tatsuda · Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo Agricultural University

Tatsuo Fujita · Takeda (Japan)

Naoto Watanabe · Takeda (Japan)

Yoshikazu Sugimoto · Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science

Abstract

The GWAS revealed the genetic architecture underlying carcass weight variation in Japanese Black cattle in which three major QTL accounted for approximately one-third of the genetic variance.

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Published in: BMC Genetics

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 40-40

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-40

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Genome-wide association study identified three major QTL for carcass weight including the PLAG1-CHCHD7 QTN for stature in Japanese Black cattle

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