The Journal of Heredity 2000:91(5)
© 2000 The American Genetic Association 91:397-400
Brief communication. QTL for pubertal and seasonality traits in male Père David's x red deer interspecies hybrids
1AgResearch, Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, New Zealand 2AgResearch, Molecular Biology Unit, Department Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
The unique Père David's (Elaphurus davidanus) x red deer (Cervus elaphus) backcross hybrid has been used to search for evidence of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for antler pubertal (date and live weight at pedicle initiation) and antler seasonality (date of antler cleaning and casting) traits in temperate species of deer. Analyses using marker information revealed evidence for a QTL for date at pedicle initiation (LOD = 3.7) and live weight at pedicle initiation (LOD = 3.1). These QTL explained 13% and 11% of the phenotypic variance in these traits, respectively.
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