A candidate gene association study for nine economically important traits in Italian Holstein cattle

Animal Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 576-580

  Fontanesi, L ^a   Calo D G ^a   Galimberti, G ^a   Negrini, R ^b,c   Marino, R ^b,d   Nardone, A ^e   Ajmone Marsan, P ^b   Russo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c Associazione Italiana Allevatori   (Italy)

^d Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dairy cattle; health traits; KIT; milk production; single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; DAIRYING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904124696     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12164     Document Type: Article

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