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QTL 12957 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Fecal egg count Vertebrate Trait Ontology: Response to parasitic infection trait
Trait details: Haemonchus contortus FEC1 Product Trait Ontology: n/a
Symbol: FECGEN Clinical Measurement Ontology: Fecal parasite egg count
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:22
QTL Peak Location:57.7 (cM)
QTL Span:61.52-61.72 (cM)
38.2-38.4 (Mbp)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:BM6041
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:Microsatellites
Analysis type:QTL
Model tested:n/a
Test base:n/a
Threshold significance level:n/a
Dominance effect:n/a
Additive effect:n/a
Associated Gene:n/a
Cis/Trans acting type:
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 Extended information:
(none)

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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Merino - 2 related flocks - Golden Ram designed mapping flock comprising 571 animals in 4 back-cross half-sibling familes, and 1 F2 half-sibling family, 4 sires selected based on probability of segregating for putative Golden ram trait; Golden Ram hi
     Breeds associated:
    n/a
    Design:mapping flock: 2 artificial challenges with Haemonchus contortus, 2 FECs per challenge. Genome screen based on selective genotyping - top and bottom 25% based on 1st challenge FECs. Correlation between challenges 0.21. Additional genotyping of all
    Analysis:Interval mapping via logistic regression (LR) for within-family analysis, and interval mapping via maximum likelihood (ML) for across family analysis
    Software:custom, SAS, STMAP and QTLExpress
    Notes: 
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     Reference
    Authors:Marshall K, Maddox JF, Lee SH, Zhang Y, Kahn L, Graser HU, Gondro C, Walkden-Brown SW, van der Werf JH.
    Affiliation:School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
    Title:Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci for resistance to Haemonchus contortus in sheep.
    Journal:Animal Genetics, 2009, 40:262-272
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  

     Additional Information
    Comments:single family - 996137; first challenge
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL12957 was published in 2009, and was curated into QTLdb on 2009-06-20. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:12957

     

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