An investigation into the genetic background of coat colour dilution in a Charolais x German Holstein F2 resource population

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Kuhn Ch ^a   Weikard, R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coat colour; Dilution; SILV

Indexed keywords

MELANOCYTE LINEAGE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GP100; MELANOCYTE LINEAGE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN GP100; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HAIR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POINT MUTATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; HAIR; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34047110250     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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