Milk trait heritability and correlation with heterozygosity in yak

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Jiang, X P ^a   Liu, G Q ^b   Wang, C ^c   Mao, Y J ^b   Xiong, Y Z ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Associative overdominance; Heritability; Milk trait; Yak

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; LACTOGLOBULIN; LACTOSE; MUCIN 1; MILK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; FAT CONTENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MILK; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PROTEIN CONTENT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BOS GRUNNIENS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LACTOSE; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 2942718669     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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