TY - JOUR AU - Bouwman, Aniek C. AU - Bovenhuis, Henk AU - Visker, Marleen HPW AU - van Arendonk, Johan AM PY - 2011 DA - 2011/05/11 TI - Genome-wide association of milk fatty acids in Dutch dairy cattle JO - BMC Genetics SP - 43 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Identifying genomic regions, and preferably individual genes, responsible for genetic variation in milk fat composition of bovine milk will enhance the understanding of biological pathways involved in fatty acid synthesis and may point to opportunities for changing milk fat composition via selective breeding. An association study of 50,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was performed for even-chain saturated fatty acids (C4:0-C18:0), even-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (C10:1-C18:1), and the polyunsaturated C18:2cis9,trans11 (CLA) to identify genomic regions associated with individual fatty acids in bovine milk. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-43 DO - 10.1186/1471-2156-12-43 ID - Bouwman2011 ER -