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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
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Gulnara R. Svishcheva, Evgeny S. Tiys, Elizaveta E. Elgaeva, Sofia G. Feoktistova, Paul R. H. J. Timmers, Sodbo Zh Sharapov, Tatiana Axenovich, Yakov A. Tsepilov
Summary: We propose a novel framework for analyzing the shared genetic background of genetically correlated traits. This framework, called SHAHER, constructs a linear combination of traits using SNP-level GWAS summary statistics and maximizes the proportion of genetic variance explained by shared genetic factors. SHAHER is versatile and can handle GWAS summary statistics with arbitrary sample sizes and overlaps, and incorporates different GWAS models. It is also computationally fast.
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Y. F. Peng, W. Wang, X. X. Yi
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2019)
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G. F. Difford, P. Lovendahl, R. F. Veerkamp, H. Bovenhuis, M. H. P. W. Visker, J. Lassen, Y. de Haas
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(2020)
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(2020)
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D. W. Olijhoek, G. F. Difford, P. Lund, P. Lovendahl
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C. I. V. Manzanilla-Pech, P. Lovendahl, D. Mansan Gordo, G. F. Difford, J. E. Pryce, F. Schenkel, S. Wegmann, F. Miglior, T. C. Chud, P. J. Moate, S. R. O. Williams, C. M. Richardson, P. Stothard, J. Lassen
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
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C. I. Manzanilla-Pech, G. F. Difford, G. Sahana, H. Rome, P. Lovendahl, J. Lassen
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
P. Lovendahl, A. J. Buitenhuis
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
C. I. V. Manzanilla-Pech, G. F. Difford, P. Lovendahl, R. B. Stephansen, J. Lassen
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2022)