Fine mapping QTL for female fertility on BTA04 and BTA13 in dairy cattle using HD SNP and sequence data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female fertility is important for the maintenance of the production in a dairy cattle herd. Two QTL regions on BTA04 and on BTA13 previously detected in Nordic Holstein (NH) and validated in the Danish Jersey (DJ) and Nordic Red (NR) were investigated further in the present study to further refine the QTL locations. Refined QTL regions were imputed to the full sequence data. The genes in the regions were then studied to ascertain their possible effect on fertility traits.

Results

BTA04 was screened for number of inseminations (AIS), 56-day non-return rate (NRR), days from first to last insemination (IFL), and the interval from calving to first insemination (ICF) in the range of 38,257,758 to 40,890,784 bp, whereas BTA13 was screened for ICF only in the range from

SUBMITTER: Hoglund JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169824 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature