Dissecting closely linked association signals in combination with the mammalian phenotype database can identify candidate genes in dairy cattle

Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been successfully implemented in cattle research and breeding. However, moving from the associations to identify the causal variants and reveal underlying mechanisms have proven complicated. In dairy cattle populations, we face a challe...

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Published in:	BMC Genetics
Main Authors:	Zexi Cai, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Mogens Sandø Lund, Goutam Sahana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2019-01-01
Subjects:	Dairy cattle Milk traits GWAS Closely linked association signals Candidate genes
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-019-0717-0