title: Short communication: quantitative trait loci analysis on 17 nonproduction traits in the New Zealand dairy population.
abstract: Seven New Zealand Holstein-Friesian families and two Jersey families, a total of 274 sires, were analyzed in a granddaughter design for marker-quantitative trait loci associations. For 17 nonproduction traits (management, size, and conformation traits), an across-family analysis was undertaken using multimarker regression procedures. Threshold levels were set empirically by permuting the data. A quantitative trait locus for stature was identified on chromosome 14, which was significant at the 15% experimentwise level (suggestive linkage). The quantitative trait locus was identified to be segregating in three of the nine families.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Spelman
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Singireddy
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Coppieters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arranz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georges
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Garrick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D007774:Lactation / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers