Identification of an ovulation rate QTL in cattle on BTA14 using selective DNA pooling and interval mapping

Animal Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 298-304

  Gonda, M G ^a   Arias, J A ^a   Shook, G E ^a   Kirkpatrick, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ovulation rate; Quantitative trait locus; Selective DNA pooling; Twinning rate

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OVULATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OVULATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3843124149     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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