Observed frequency of monozygotic twinning in Holstein dairy cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1292-1299

  Silva del Rio N ^a   Kirkpatrick, B W ^a   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnier's equation; Cattle; Holstein twinning; Monozygotic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MATHEMATICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33747202433     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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