Genome wide association study identifies novel candidate genes for growth and body conformation traits in goats.

ABSTRACT: Pakistan is third largest country in term of goat population with distinct characteristics of breeds and estimated population of 78.2 million. Punjab province has 37% of country's total population with seven important documented goat breeds namely Beetal, Daira Din Pannah, Nachi, Barbari, Teddi, Pahari and Pothwari. There is paucity of literature on GWAS for economically important traits i.e., body weight and morphometric measurements. Therefore, we performed GWAS using 50 K SNP Chip for growth in term of age adjusted body weight and morphometric measurements in order to identify genomic regions influencing these traits among Punjab goat breeds. Blood samples were collected from 879 unrelated animals of seven goat breeds along with data for body weight and morphometric measurements includi

SUBMITTER: Moaeen-Ud-Din M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197946 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature