Estimating lethal allele frequencies in complex pedigrees via gene dropping approach using the example of Brown Swiss cattle

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Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-242

  Manatrinon, Supawadee ^a,b   Egger Danner, Christa ^c   Baumung, Roswitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ZucbtData EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Brown Swiss; Cattle; Gene dropping; Gene frequency; Genetic disorder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 68149089409     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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