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Genomewide association study to detect QTL for twinning rate in Baluchi sheep

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Acknowledgements

We thank M. Jafari, Manager of the Abbasabad Sheep Breeding Station, Mashhad, Iran, for providing the data and samples. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF).

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  1. Department of Animal Science, Laboratory for Molecular Genetics Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Animal and Aquatic Science, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran

    MOHSEN GHOLIZADEH & GHODRAT RAHIMI-MIANJI

  2. Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy Sciences, College of Agriculture Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    ARDESHIR NEJATI-JAVAREMI

  3. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7023, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    DIRK JAN DE KONING & ELISABETH JONAS

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Gholizadeh M., Rahimi-Mianji G., Nejati-Javaremi A., De Koning D. J. and Jonas E. 2014 Genome-wide association study to detect QTL for twinning rate in Baluchi sheep. J. Genet. 93, xx–xx

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GHOLIZADEH, M., RAHIMI-MIANJI, G., NEJATI-JAVAREMI, A. et al. Genomewide association study to detect QTL for twinning rate in Baluchi sheep. J Genet 93, 489–493 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0372-1

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