Comparative analyses across cattle genders and breeds reveal the pitfalls caused by false positive and lineage-differential copy number variations

We compared CNV region (CNVR) results derived from 1,682 Nellore cattle with equivalent results derived from our previous analysis of Bovine HapMap samples. By comparing CNV segment frequencies between different genders and groups, we identified 9 frequent, false positive CNVRs with a total length o...

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Main Authors: Zhou, Yang, Utsunomiya, Yuri T., Xu, Lingyang, Hay, El Hamidi abdel, Bickhart, Derek M., Sonstegard, Tad S., Van Tassell, Curtis P., Garcia, Jose Fernando, Liu, George E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933914/