Quantitative analysis of birth, weaning, and yearling weights and calving difficulty in piedmontese crossbreds segregating an inactive myostatin allele

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1686-1692

  Casas, Eduardo ^a   Keele, John W ^a   Fahrenkrug, Scott C ^a   Smith, Timothy P L ^a   Cundiff, Larry V ^a   Stone, Roger T ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double Muscling; Dystocia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LABOR; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033161023     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7771686x     Document Type: Article

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