Population-genetic properties of differentiated copy number variations in cattle

While single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is typically the variant of choice for population genetics, copy number variation (CNV) which comprises insertion, deletion and duplication of genomic sequence, is an informative type of genetic variation. CNVs have been shown to be both common in mammals a...

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Main Authors: Xu, Lingyang, Hou, Yali, Bickhart, Derek M., Zhou, Yang, Hay, El Hamidi abdel, Song, Jiuzhou, Sonstegard, Tad S., Van Tassell, Curtis P., Liu, George E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804293/