quantitative trait loci for fertility traits in finnish ayrshire cattle生育性状的数量性状芬兰埃尔郡牛.pdfVIP

Genet. Sel. Evol. 40 (2008) 195–214 Available online at: c INRA, EDP Sciences, 2008 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2007044 Original article Quantitative trait loci for fertility traits in Finnish Ayrshire cattle 1∗ 2 2 Nina F. Schulman , Goutam Sahana , Mogens S. Lund , Sirja M. V 1 1 iitala , Johanna H. Vilkki 1 MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, 31600 Jokioinen, Finland 2 Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Science, Aarhus University, Research Centre Foulum, 8830 Tjele, Denmark (Received 17 May 2007; accepted 25 September 2007) Abstract – A whole genome scan was carried out to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for fertility traits in Finnish Ayrshire cattle. The mapping population consisted of 12 bulls and 493 sons. Estimated breeding values for days open, fertility treatments, maternal calf mor- tality and paternal non-return rate were used as phenotypic data. In a granddaughter design, 171 markers were typed on all 29 bovine autosomes. Associations between markers and traits were analysed by multiple marker regression. Multi-trait analyses were carried out with a vari- ance component based approach for the chromosomes and trait combinations, which were ob- served significant in the regression method. Twenty-two chromosome-wise significant QTL were detected. Several of the detected QTL areas were overlapping with milk production QTL previously identified in the same population. Mu