Identification of a Short Region on Chromosome 6 Affecting Direct Calving Ease in Piedmontese Cattle Breed

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Bongiorni, Silvia ^a   Mancini, Giordano ^b   Chillemi, Giovanni ^b   Pariset, Lorraine ^a   Valentini, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CASPUR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; CONDENSIN; LEUCINE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CATTLE FARMING; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HYDROLYSIS; LAP3 GENE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

BOS;

EID: 84870729929     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050137     Document Type: Article

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