Identification of a nonsense mutation in APAF1 that is likely causal for a decrease in reproductive efficiency in Holstein dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 6693-6701

  Adams, Heather A ^a   Sonstegard, Tad S ^b,d   VanRaden, Paul M ^b   Null, Daniel J ^b   Van Tassell, Curt P ^b   Larkin, Denis M ^a   Lewin, Harris A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RECOMBINETICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

APAF1; dairy cattle; nonsense mutation; resequencing

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; STOP CODON;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; STOP CODON; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BREEDING; CATTLE; CODON, NONSENSE; GENOTYPE; MALE;

EID: 84973473722     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10517     Document Type: Article

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