Prospecting major genes in dairy buffaloes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asian buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) have an important socio-economic role. The majority of the population is situated in developing countries. Due to the scarce resources in these countries, very few species-specific biotechnology tools exist and a lot of cattle-derived technologies are applied to buffaloes. However, the application of cattle genomic tools to buffaloes is not straightforward and, as results suggested, despite genome sequences similarity the genetic polymorphisms are different.

Results

The first SNP chip genotyping platform designed specifically for buffaloes has recently become available. Herein, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and gene network analysis carried out in buffaloes is presented. Target phenotypes were six milk production and four

SUBMITTER: de Camargo GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625573 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature