Exploration of relationships between production and fertility traits in dairy cattle via association studies of SNPs within candidate genes derived by expression profiling

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-262

  Pimentel, E C G ^a   Bauersachs, S ^b   Tietze, M ^a   Simianer, H ^a   Tetens, J ^c   Thaller, G ^c   Reinhardt, F ^d   Wolf, E ^b   Konig S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

association analysis; genetic marker; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MILK; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MILK; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

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EID: 79955925437     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02148.x     Document Type: Article

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