Multitrait quantitative trait loci mapping for milk production traits in Danish Holstein cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2245-2256

  Kucerova J ^a   Lund, M S ^b   Sorensen P ^b   Sahana, G ^b   Guldbrandtsen, B ^b   Nielsen, V H ^b   Thomsen, B ^b   Bendixen, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Milk production trait; Multitrait analysis; Pleiotropy; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PEDIGREE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747621833     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72296-2     Document Type: Article

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