Investigation of growth traits in Turkish Merino lambs using multi-locus GWAS approaches: Middle Anatolian Merino
Yalçın Yaman,
Şükrü DOĞAN,
Mesut KIRBAŞ
et al.
Abstract:This study explored the genetic basis of growth traits in Middle Anatolian Merino lambs using multi-locus genome-wide association study (GWAS) analyses. Descriptive statistics indicated moderate heritability (h² = 0.363) for birth weight (BW) and (h² = 0.309) for weaning weight (WW), both statistically significant (
p
< 0.001). Strong genetic correlations were observed between WW and BW (rG = 0.922) and WW and Kleiber ratio (KR, rG = 0.896), implying that simultaneous improvements may be… Show more
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