Investigation for QTL affecting body weight traits and their pleiotropic effects on chromosome 2 of Markhoz goats

The aim of this study was to map body weight QTLs with some microsatellite markers on chromosome 2 of Markhoz goats. For this purpose a total of 255 offspring including 129 male and 126 female from 8 half-sib sire families were genotyped for 6 microsatellite markers on chromosomes 2. Quantitative traits were included weights at birth, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months of age. Significant QTL effect was tested using the least squared regression approach using GridQTL (V3.3.0) software. In this study, one putative QTL were detected for weaning weight at 153 cM on chromosome 2 (P