Red coat color in Holstein cattle is associated with a deletion in the MSHR gene

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-318

  Joerg, H ^a   Fries, H R ^a,b   Meijerink, E ^a   Stranzinger, G F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

HORMONE RECEPTOR; INTERMEDIN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0030120492     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900090     Document Type: Article

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