INHBA-Associated markers as candidates for stallion fertility

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Giesecke, K ^a   Hamann, H ^a   Sieme, H ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA A SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HORSES; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 77952472877     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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