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Evidence for individual and between-family variability of the recombination rate in cattle

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We have conducted a study based on single sperm typing in a family design to assess patterns of variability of the male recombination rate in cattle. 2214 sperm of 37 bulls were typed for 11 loci on bovine Chromosomes (Chrs) 6, 23, and the sex chromosomes. Statistically significant individual variability of the recombination rate was observed for one interval in the pseudoau-tosomal region (PAR) of the bovine sex chromosomes; one marker interval on bovine Chr 23 exhibited individual variability that was close to significance. Thirty-five of the bulls were members of six paternal halfsib groups, and highly significant variability between families was found for one interval in the PAR. This variability may be due to DNA sequence differences in the PAR or to a genetic control of the recombination activity in this region. It is demonstrated that differences in the recombination rate of the magnitude observed in the present study may have a considerable impact on the power of QTL mapping experiments as well as on the sustainability of marker-assisted selection strategies.

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  1. Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Breeding, Animal Genetics Group, University of Hohenheim (470/HG), 70593, Stuttgart, Germany

    Henner Simianer & J. Szyda

  2. Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Norway, PO Box 5025, 1432, Ås, Norway

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Simianer, H., Szyda, J., Ramon, G. et al. Evidence for individual and between-family variability of the recombination rate in cattle. Mammalian Genome 8, 830–835 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900587

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