Genome-wide association study for birth, weaning and yearling weight in Colombian Brahman cattle

Abstract Genotypic and phenotypic data of 1,562 animals were analyzed to find genomic regions that potentially influence the birth weight (BW), weaning weight at seven months of age (WW) and yearling weight (YW) of Colombian Brahman cattle, with genotyping conducted using Illumina Bead chip array with 74,669 SNPs. A Single Step Genomic BLUP (ssGBLP), approach was used to estimate the proportion of variance explained by each marker. Multiple regions scattered across the genome were found to influence weights at different ages, also dependent on the trait component (direct or maternal). The most interesting regions were connected to previously identified QTLs and genes, such as ADAMTSL3, CAPN2, CAPN2, FABP6, ZEB2 influencing growth and weight traits. The identified regions will contribute to the development and refinement of genomic selection programs for Zebu Brahman cattle in Colombia.

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Main Authors:	Martínez,Rodrigo, Bejarano,Diego, Gómez,Yolanda, Dasoneville,Romain, Jiménez,Ariel, Even,Gael, Sölkner,Johann, Mészáros,Gabor
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000300453
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