Genetics and breeding: Association of growth hormone loci with milk yield traits in Holstein bulls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 788-794

  Vukasinovic, N ^a   Denise, S K ^b   Freeman, A E ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Growth hormone; Milk production; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

GROWTH HORMONE; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTRON; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE; INTRONS; LACTATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIPIDS; MALE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033110261     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75297-5     Document Type: Article

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