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Stories and Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies in Livestock - A Review

Sharma, Aditi (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Lee, Jun Seop (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Dang, Chang Gwon (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Sudrajad, Pita (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Kim, Hyeong Cheol (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Yeon, Seong Heum (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Kang, Hee Seol (Hanwoo Experiment Station)
Lee, Seung-Hwan (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Chung Nam National University)

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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.28, no.10, 2015 , pp. 1371-1379 More about this Journal

Abstract

Undoubtedly livestock is one of the major contributors to the economy of any country. The economic value of livestock includes meat, dairy products, fiber, fertilizer etc. Understanding and identifying the associations of quantitative trait loci (QTL) with the economically important traits is believed to substantially benefit the livestock industry. The past two decades have seen a flurry of interest in mapping the QTL associated with traits of economic importance on the genome. With the availability of single nucleotide polymorphism chip of various densities it is possible to identify regions, QTL and genes on the genome that explain the association and its effect on the phenotype under consideration. Remarkable advancement has been seen in genome wide association studies (GWAS) since its inception till the present day. In this review we describe the progress and challenges of GWAS in various livestock species.

Keywords

QTL; Livestock; Genome-wide Association;

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