Multivariate analysis identify new loci associated with meat productivity and carcass traits in sheeps (Ovis aries)

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Alexander S. Zlobin¹, Natalia A. Volkova², Pavel M. Borodin³, Tatiana I. Aksenovich⁴, Yakov A. Tsepilov^5
1Kurchatov Genomic Center of IC&G Novosibirsk, Russia, zlobin@bionet.nsc.ru
²L.K. Ernst Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry, Dubrovitsy, Moscow Region, Russia, natavolkova@inbox.ru
³L.K. Ernst Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry, Dubrovitsy, Moscow Region, Russia, borodin@bionet.nsc.ru
⁴L.K. Ernst Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry, Dubrovitsy, Moscow Region, Russia, aks@bionet.nsc.ru
⁵Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Functional Genomics Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk, Russia, tsepilov@bionet.nsc.ru

We performed the search of new loci associated with meat productivity and carcass traits in sheep using novel multivariate approaches. We found 4 new loci associated with traits of interest and added more than 30 loci to our previously published database.