Rong Yang, Di Zhou, Xiaoshan Tan, Zhonghai Zhao, Yanli Lv, Xingzhou Tian, Liqun Ren, Yan Wang, Jun Li, Yongju Zhao, Jipan Zhang
Identifying genetic markers of economically valuable traits has practical benefits for the meat goat industry. To better understand the genomic variations influencing body conformation traits, a genome-wide association study was performed on Tashi goats, an indigenous Chinese goat breed. A total of 155 Tashi goats were phenotyped for eight body conformation traits: body height, body length, chest depth, chest width, chest girth, rump width, rump height, and cannon bone circumference. Then, 100 Tashi goats were randomly selected for whole-genome sequencing and genotyped...
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