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SynthesisGenetics, selection, evolution : GSE2020

Meta-analysis for milk fat and protein percentage using imputed sequence variant genotypes in 94,321 cattle from eight cattle breeds.

Irene van den Berg, Ruidong Xiang, Janez Jenko, Hubert Pausch, Mekki Boussaha, Chris Schrooten, Thierry Tribout, Arne B Gjuvsland, Didier Boichard, Øyvind Nordbø and 2 more

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Synthesis in Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Irene van den BergAgriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia. irene.vandenberg@agriculture.vic.gov.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-8636
Ruidong XiangAgriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia.
Janez JenkoGENO SA, Storhamargata 44, 2317, Hamar, Norway.
Hubert PauschAnimal Genomics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mekki BoussahaUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Chris SchrootenCRV, PO Box 454, 6800 AL, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Thierry TriboutUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Arne B GjuvslandGENO SA, Storhamargata 44, 2317, Hamar, Norway.
Didier BoichardUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Øyvind NordbøGENO SA, Storhamargata 44, 2317, Hamar, Norway.
Marie-Pierre SanchezUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Mike E GoddardAgriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSequence-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide high statistical power to identify candidate causal mutations when a large number of individuals with both sequence variant genotypes and phenotypes is available. A meta-analysis combines summary statistics from multiple GWAS and increases the power to detect trait-associated variants without requiring access to data at the individual level of the GWAS mapping cohorts. Because linkage disequilibrium between adjacent markers is conserved only over short distances across breeds, a multi-breed meta-analysis can improve mapping precision.

resultsTo maximise the power to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL), we combined the results of nine within-population GWAS that used imputed sequence variant genotypes of 94,321 cattle from eight breeds, to perform a large-scale meta-analysis for fat and protein percentage in cattle. The meta-analysis detected (p ≤ 10

conclusionsOur study identified a large number of QTL associated with fat and protein percentage in dairy cattle. We demonstrated that large-scale multi-breed meta-analysis reveals more QTL at the nucleotide resolution than within-population GWAS. Significant variants were more often located in genic regions than non-significant variants and a large part of them was located in potentially regulatory regions.

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GenotypeLinkage DisequilibriumAnimalsCattleGene FrequencyLipidsMilkMilk ProteinsPolymorphism, GeneticQuantitative Trait LociLipidsMilk Proteins

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PMCPMC7339598

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