Stories and Challenges of Genome Wide Association Studies in Livestock - A Review
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Published on: November 19, 2013
Aditi Sharma1, Jun Seop Lee1, Chang Gwon Dang1
1Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Chung Nam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea .
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.
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