Discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms in candidate genes associated with fertility and production traits in Holstein cattle

BMC Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cochran, Sarah D ^a   Cole, John B ^b   Null, Daniel J ^b   Hansen, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Dairy cattle; Daughter pregnancy rate; Fertility; SNP

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; COW; EMBRYO; FERTILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEIFER; MILK YIELD; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

BOS;

EID: 84878659422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-49     Document Type: Article

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