Background Over the last few years, genome-wide association (GWA) studies became a tool
of choice for the identification of loci associated with complex traits. Currently, imputed single …

Mixed models improve the ability to detect phenotype-genotype associations in the
presence of population stratification and multiple levels of relatedness in genome-wide …

The increasing evidence of fetal developmental effects on postnatal life, the still unknown
fetal growth mechanisms impairing offspring generated by somatic nuclear transfer …

A putative functional mutation (rs109231213) near PLAG 1 (BTA 14) associated with stature
was studied in beef cattle. Data from 8199 B os taurus, B os indicus and T ropical C …

The quality of fat is an important factor in defining the quality of meat. Fat quality is
determined by the composition of fatty acids. Among lipid metabolism-related genes …

Age at puberty is an important component of reproductive performance in beef cattle
production systems. Brahman cattle are typically late-pubertal relative to Bos taurus cattle …

The leptin receptor gene (LEPR) is a candidate for traits related to growth and body
composition, and is located on SSC6 in a region where fatness and meat composition …

A common feature of domestic animals is tameness—ie., they tolerate and are unafraid of
human presence and handling. To gain insight into the genetic basis of tameness and …

Background Mixed models have a long and fruitful history in statistics. They are pertinent to
genomics problems because they are highly versatile, accommodating a wide variety of …

Bull fertility is an important target for genetic improvement, and early prediction using genetic
markers is therefore a goal for livestock breeding. We performed genome-wide association …