Go with the flow-biology and genetics of the lactation cycle

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Strucken, Eva M ^a   Laurenson, Yan C S M ^a   Brockmann, Gudrun A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding value; Genome wide association; Genomic prediction; Genomic selection; Lactation curve; Longitudinal; Time dependent

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE;

ABSORPTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREEDING; CELL ACTIVITY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIGESTION; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERITABILITY; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL;

EID: 84927518486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00118     Document Type: Review

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