Pit-1 Gene Polymorphism, Milk Yield, and Conformation Traits for Italian Holstein-Friesian Bulls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3431-3438

  Renaville, R ^a   Gengler, N ^a   Vrech, E ^b   Prandi, A ^b   Massart, S ^a   Corradini, C ^b   Bertozzi, C ^a   Mortiaux, F ^a   Burny, A ^a   Portetelle, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformation; Milk; Pit 1; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FRIESIA; MAMMALIA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINFI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031303267     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76319-7     Document Type: Article

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