A major gene for bovine ovulation rate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kirkpatrick, Brian W ^a   Morris, Chris A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BOVINE; CHROMOSOME 10; DNA FLANKING REGION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; IQCH GENE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; OVULATION RATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMAD3 GENE; SMAD6 GENE; ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN;

EID: 84935014985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129025     Document Type: Article

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