BDNF contributes to the genetic variance of milk fat yield in German Holstein cattle

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Zielke, Lea G ^a   Bortfeldt, Ralf H ^a   Tetens, Jens ^b   Brockmann, Gudrun A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Energy partitioning; Haplotype association; Infinitesimal model; Obesity; Small effect

Indexed keywords

BOS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 84875921902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00016     Document Type: Article

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