Genome-wide association study for inhibin, luteinizing hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1, testicular size and semen traits in bovine species

Andrology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 644-650

  Fortes, M R S ^a   Reverter, A ^b   Kelly, M ^a   Mcculloch, R ^b   Lehnert, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bos taurus; Genome wide association; Male fertility; Reproductive hormones; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN BETA C; INHIBIN BETA E; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BULL (BOVINE); CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 27; CHROMOSOME 6; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HELB GENE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PLAG1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE; SCROTUM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; INHIBINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 84879480885     PISSN: 20472919     EISSN: 20472927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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