Genome-Wide Association Studies for Growth and Meat Production Traits in Sheep

Growth and meat production traits are significant economic traits in sheep. The aim of the study is to identify candidate genes affecting growth and meat production traits at genome level with high throughput single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) genotyping technologies. were thought to be the important candidate genes affecting post-weaning gain too. Additionally, 25 genes at chromosome-wise significance level were also forecasted to be the promising genes that influencing sheep growth and meat production traits.The results will contribute to the similar studies and facilitate the potential utilization of genes involved in growth and meat production traits in sheep in future