Genetic variation in PLAG1 associates with early life body weight and peripubertal weight and growth in Bos taurus

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 591-594

  Littlejohn, M ^a   Grala, T ^a   Sanders, K ^b   Walker, C ^a   Waghorn, G ^a   MacDonald, K ^a   Coppieters, W ^c   Georges, M ^c   Spelman, R ^b   Hillerton, E ^a   Davis, S ^b   Snell, R ^d  

^a DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^b LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bovine; genetics; growth; PLAG1

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DAIRYING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865863317     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02293.x     Document Type: Article

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