SynthesisNature genetics2018
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for cattle stature identifies common genes that regulate body size in mammals.
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198 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- metaGE: Investigating genotype x environment interactions through GWAS meta-analysis.PLoS genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of six dairy cattle breeds reveals biologically relevant candidate genes for mastitis resistance.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of European local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2023Pooled it
- Sequence-based GWAS meta-analyses for beef production traits.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2023Pooled it
- X-linked genes influence various complex traits in dairy cattle.BMC genomics · 2023Pooled it
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- Large-scale association study on daily weight gain in pigs reveals overlap of genetic factors for growth in humans.BMC genomics · 2022Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for average daily gain and lean meat percentage in two Duroc pig populations.BMC genomics · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of GWAS in canola blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) disease traits demonstrates increased power from imputed whole-genome sequence.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Meta-analysis for milk fat and protein percentage using imputed sequence variant genotypes in 94,321 cattle from eight cattle breeds.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2020Pooled it
- Effect direction meta-analysis of GWAS identifies extreme, prevalent and shared pleiotropy in a large mammal.Communications biology · 2020Pooled it
- Genomic regions associated with muscularity in beef cattle differ in five contrasting cattle breeds.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2020Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies provides insights into genetic control of tomato flavor.Nature communications · 2019Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for loin muscle area and loin muscle depth in two Duroc pig populations.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Bridging precision agriculture and human medicine through comparative genetics.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026Review
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Authors and funding
57 authors.
Aniek C BouwmanAnimal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen UR Livestock Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5079-7108
Hans D DaetwylerAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Amanda J ChamberlainAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9395-1299
Carla Hurtado PonceAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Mehdi SargolzaeiCentre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Flavio S SchenkelCentre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8700-0633
Goutam SahanaCenter for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7608-7577
Armelle Govignon-GionGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Simon BoitardSection for Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.
Marlies DolezalPlatform of Bioinformatics and Statistics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
Hubert PauschAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Rasmus F BrøndumCenter for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Phil J BowmanAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Bo ThomsenSection for Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.
Bernt GuldbrandtsenCenter for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-135X
Mogens S LundCenter for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Bertrand ServinGenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRA, INPT, INP-ENVT, Castanet-Tolosan, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5141-0913
Dorian J GarrickDepartment of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8640-5372
James ReecyDepartment of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Johanna VilkkiGreen Technology, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Jokioinen, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-842X
Alessandro BagnatoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-1287
Min WangAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2464-2182
Jesse L HoffDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4885-1587
Robert D SchnabelDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5018-7641
Jeremy F TaylorDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6997-7245
Anna A E VinkhuyzenUniversity of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Frank PanitzSection for Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-5162
Christian BendixenSection for Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.
Lars-Erik HolmSection for Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-3579
Birgit GredlerQualitas AG, Zug, Switzerland.
Chris HozéGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Mekki BoussahaGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Marie-Pierre SanchezGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Dominique RochaGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Aurelien CapitanGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Thierry TriboutGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Anne BarbatGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Pascal CroiseauGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Cord DrögemüllerInstitute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9773-522X
Vidhya JagannathanInstitute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Christy Vander JagtAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
John J CrowleyCanadian Beef Breeds Council, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Anna BieberResearch Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland.
Deirdre C PurfieldAnimal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Ireland.
Donagh P BerryAnimal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Moorepark, Ireland.
Reiner EmmerlingInstitute of Animal Breeding, Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture, Poing, Germany.
Kay-Uwe GötzInstitute of Animal Breeding, Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture, Poing, Germany.
Mirjam FrischknechtQualitas AG, Zug, Switzerland.
Ingolf RussTierzuchtforschung, Poing, Germany.
Johann SölknerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Curtis P Van TassellAnimal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, USA.
Ruedi FriesChair of Animal Breeding, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4657-1787
Paul StothardDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science/Livestock Gentec, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Roel F VeerkampAnimal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen UR Livestock Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Didier BoichardGABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0361-2961
Mike E GoddardAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Ben J HayesAgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. b.hayes@uq.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5606-3970
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Stature is affected by many polymorphisms of small effect in humans
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Conserved SequenceGenome-Wide Association StudyAnimalsBody HeightBody SizeCattleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic VariationHumansMammalsPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait Loci
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