Overlapping chromosomal regions for fertility traits and production traits in the Danish Holstein population

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5712-5719

  Hoglund J K ^a,b,c   Buitenhuis, A J ^a   Guldbrandtsen, B ^a   Su, G ^a   Thomsen, B ^a   Lund, M S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b VikingGenetics   (Sweden)

^c Sveriges Lantbruks Universitet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cattle; Female fertility; Milk production trait; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 70350291222     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1964     Document Type: Article

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