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(Apr 24, 2025)

QTL 170175 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Milk arachidonic acid content Vertebrate Trait Ontology: n/a
Reported name: (n/a) Product Trait Ontology: Milk fatty acid C20:4(n-6) content
Symbol: MFA-C20:4 Clinical Measurement Ontology: n/a
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:29
QTL Peak Location:56.07 (cM)
QTL Span:56.07-56.07 (cM)
40.4-40.4 (Mbp)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:rs109772589
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:SNP
Analysis type:Association
Model tested:Mendelian
Test base:Experiment-wise
Threshold significance level:Significant
FDR0.013
Dominance effect:n/a
Additive effect:n/a
Associated Gene:FADS2 (fatty acid desaturase 2)
Cis/Trans acting type:
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 Extended information:
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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Animals were Canadian Holstein cows.
     Breeds associated:
    Design:Animals were genotyped for 7 SNPs in FADS1 and FADS2 and analyzed for milk fatty acid content.
    Analysis:A mixed model was used.
    Software:SAS
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     Reference
    Authors:Ibeagha-Awemu EM, Akwanji KA, Beaudoin F, Zhao X
    Affiliation:Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2000 Rue College, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 0C8, Canada
    Title:Associations between variants of FADS genes and omega-3 and omega-6 milk fatty acids of Canadian Holstein cows
    Journal:BMC genetics, 2014, 15: 25
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL170175 was published in 2014, and was curated into QTLdb on 2019-04-16. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:170175

     

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