Quantitative trait loci mapping of calving and conformation traits on Bos taurus autosome 18 in the German Holstein population

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1205-1215

  Brand, B ^a   Baes, C ^a,b   Mayer, M ^a   Reinsch, N ^a   Seidenspinner, T ^c   Thaller, G ^c   Kühn, Ch ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bos taurus autosome 18; Calving ease; Conformation trait; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; LABOR COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOMATOTYPE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GERMANY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOMATOTYPES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 77949304690     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2553     Document Type: Article

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