Genome screen for twinning rate QTL in four North American Holstein families

Animal Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-308

  Cobanoglu, O ^a   Berger, P J ^b   Kirkpatrick, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Microsatellite; Quantitative trait loci; Selective DNA pooling; Twinning rate

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 25644443262     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01299.x     Document Type: Article

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