Genome-Wide Association Study of the Reproductive Traits of the Dazu Black Goat (Capra hircus) Using Whole-Genome Resequencing

• Published in: Genes Vol. 14; no. 10; p. 1960
• Main Authors: Fang, Xingqiang, Gu, Bowen, Chen, Meixi, Sun, Ruifan, Zhang, Jipan, Zhao, Le, Zhao, Yongju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Annotations; Chromosomes; Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2; Genes; Genome-wide association studies; Genomes; Genomics; Genotype & phenotype; Goats; Litter size; Parity; Quality control; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Supernumerary; Udder; China

Reproductive traits are the basic economic traits of goats and important indicators in goat breeding. In this study, Dazu black goats (DBGs; n = 150), an important Chinese local goat breed with excellent reproductive performance, were used to screen for important variation loci and genes of reproduc...