A 660-Kb Deletion with Antagonistic Effects on Fertility and Milk Production Segregates at High Frequency in Nordic Red Cattle: Additional Evidence for the Common Occurrence of Balancing Selection in Livestock

Naveen Kumar Kadri; Goutam Sahana; Carole Charlier; Terhi Iso-Touru; Bernt Guldbrandtsen; Latifa Karim; Ulrik Sander Nielsen; Frank Panitz; Gert Pedersen Aamand; Nina Schulman; Michel Georges; Johanna Vilkki; Mogens Sandø Lund; Tom Druet

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004049

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A 660-Kb Deletion with Antagonistic Effects on Fertility and Milk Production Segregates at High Frequency in Nordic Red Cattle: Additional Evidence for the Common Occurrence of Balancing Selection in Livestock

Naveen Kumar Kadri,

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Goutam Sahana ,

* E-mail: goutam.sahana@agrsci.dk (GS); tom.druet@ulg.ac.be (TD)

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Carole Charlier,

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium
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Terhi Iso-Touru,

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland
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Bernt Guldbrandtsen,

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Latifa Karim,

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium
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Ulrik Sander Nielsen,

Affiliation Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Frank Panitz,

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Systems Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Gert Pedersen Aamand,

Affiliation Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Nina Schulman,

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland
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Michel Georges,

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium
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Johanna Vilkki,

Affiliation MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland
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Mogens Sandø Lund,

Affiliation Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Tom Druet

* E-mail: goutam.sahana@agrsci.dk (GS); tom.druet@ulg.ac.be (TD)

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA-R & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B34), Liège, Belgium
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A 660-Kb Deletion with Antagonistic Effects on Fertility and Milk Production Segregates at High Frequency in Nordic Red Cattle: Additional Evidence for the Common Occurrence of Balancing Selection in Livestock

Naveen Kumar Kadri,
Goutam Sahana,
Carole Charlier,
Terhi Iso-Touru,
Bernt Guldbrandtsen,
Latifa Karim,
Ulrik Sander Nielsen,
Frank Panitz,
Gert Pedersen Aamand,
Nina Schulman

Published: January 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004049

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