Genetic mapping of the belt pattern in Brown Swiss cattle to BTA3

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-229

  Drogemuller C ^a   Engensteiner, M ^a   Moser, S ^b   Rieder, S ^b   Leeb, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Belt; Bos taurus; Cattle; Coat colour; Haplotype; Linkage

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 62949136071     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01826.x     Document Type: Article

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