Sheep QTL Database

Release 56
(Apr 24, 2025)

Curator: Cari Park
Curated: 2010-12-03
Updated: 2024-04-23

Publication # 18462481 Details

Authors:	Hadjipavlou, G; Matika, O; Clop, A; Bishop, S C (Contact: georgia.hadjipavlou@roslin.ed.ac.uk)
Affiliation:	Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Roslin BioCentre, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK
Title:	Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the myostatin (GDF8) gene have significant association with muscle depth of commercial Charollais sheep.
Journal:	Animal Genetics, 39 (4): 346-53 (2008)	DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01734.x
Links:	PubMed \| Abstract \|	( Related study: none )
Click on each trait to browse further along the related trait ontology tree Click on each chromosome number to find the detailed QTL information on that chromosome Number of QTL/association reported by traits: QTL for Longissimus muscle depth reported for chromosome(s): Chr.2: Asso:13859, Asso:13860. QTL for Subcutaneous fat thickness reported for chromosome(s): Chr.2: Asso:13861. QTL/association Reported by chromosomes: Chr.2 (3). Number of gene-based eQTL/associations: None

Cite this Dataset:

Animal QTLdb: Dataset from Hadjipavlou, G; Matika, O; Clop, A; Bishop, S C (2008). Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the myostatin (GDF8) gene have significant association with muscle depth of commercial Charollais sheep.. Animal genetics, 39 (4): 346-53; Curated into QTLdb on 2010-12-03. Universal link to this data set: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/supp/?t=XcDd4O3VuB

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Hadjipavlou, G; Matika, O; Clop, A; Bishop, S C (2008). Two single nucleotide polymorphisms in the myostatin (GDF8) gene have significant association with muscle depth of commercial Charollais sheep.. Animal genetics, 39 (4): 346-53; DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01734.x

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