QTL mapping and mining functional candidate genes affecting health - the German ADR QTL Dairy Cattle Project*

1 Forschungsinstitut fur die Biologie Landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere (Research Institute for Biology of Farm Animals), Dummerstorf, Germany 2 Institut fur Tierzucht und Tierhaltung, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, Kiel, Germany 3 Institut fur Tierzucht und Haustiergenetik der Justus-Liebig-Universitat, Giesen, Germany 4 Institut fur Tierzucht der Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitat, Munchen, Germany 5 Institut fur Veterinarmedizin der Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen, Germany 6 Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung, Verden, Germany 7 Bayerische Landesanstalt fur Tierzucht, Grub, Germany 8 Institut fur Fortpflanzung landwirtschawftlicher Nutztiere, Schonow, Germany

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