Genome wide analysis of fertility and production traits in Italian Holstein cattle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Minozzi, Giulietta ^a   Nicolazzi, Ezequiel L ^a,b   Stella, Alessandra ^a,c   Biffani, Stefano ^c,d   Negrini, Riccardo ^b,e   Lazzari, Barbara ^a   Ajmone Marsan, Paolo ^b   Williams, John L ^a  

^a PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Frisona Italiana   (Italy)

^e Associazione Italiana Allevatori   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DGAT1 GENE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; FAT CONTENT; FERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FERTILITY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84893119567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080219     Document Type: Article

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