Genome-wide Association Studies for Female Fertility Traits in Chinese and Nordic Holsteins

Abstract Reduced female fertility could cause considerable economic loss and has become a worldwide problem in the modern dairy industry. The objective of this study was to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for female fertility traits in Chinese and Nordic Holsteins using various strategies. Firs...

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Main Authors: Aoxing Liu, Yachun Wang, Goutam Sahana, Qin Zhang, Lin Liu, Mogens Sandø Lund, Guosheng Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09170-9