A genome-wide association study of direct gestation length in US Holstein and Italian Brown populations

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-591

  Maltecca, C ^a   Gray, K A ^a   Weigel, K A ^b   Cassady, J P ^a   Ashwell, M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

association study; cattle; direct gestation length

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 80255123496     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02188.x     Document Type: Article

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