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(Apr 24, 2025)

QTL 21280 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Sperm concentration Vertebrate Trait Ontology: Sperm quantity
Reported name: Sperm concentration Product Trait Ontology: n/a
Symbol: SPCON Clinical Measurement Ontology: Calculated sperm count
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:5
QTL Peak Location:64.34 (cM)
QTL Span:64.34-64.34 (cM)
54.4-54.4 (Mbp)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:rs196955318
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:SNP
Analysis type:Association
Model tested:Mendelian
Test base:n/a
Threshold significance level:Significant
P_values<0.05
Dominance effect:0.42
Additive effect:-0.25
Associated Gene:PLCZ (phospholipase c-zeta)
Cis/Trans acting type:
Links:   NCBI GeneDB  |  Edit  |   Map view

 Extended information:
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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Animals were Pietrain and Pietrain x Hampshire crossbred boars.
     Breeds associated:
    Design:Animals were genotyped for SNPs in PLCZ and PTGS2 (COX2) and analyzed for sperm quality traits.
    Analysis:The mixed and general linear model procedures were used.
    Software:SAS
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     Reference
    Authors:Kaewmala K, Uddin M J, Cinar M U, Große-Brinkhaus C, Jonas E, Tesfaye D, Phatsara C, Tholen E, Looft C, Schellander K,
    Affiliation:Institute of Animal Science, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
    Title:Investigation into association and expression of PLCz and COX-2 as candidate genes for boar sperm quality and fertility.
    Journal:Reproduction in domestic animals , 2012, 47 (2): 213-23
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL21280 was published in 2012, and was curated into QTLdb on 2013-06-26. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:21280

     

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