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A QTL study of cattle behavioral traits in embryo transfer families.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Schmutz S M, Stookey J M, Winkelman-Sim D C, Waltz C S, Plante Y, Buchanan F C
Abstract excerpt
Two behavioral traits, temperament and habituation, were measured in 130 calves from 17 full-sib families which comprise the Canadian Beef Cattle Reference Herd. Using variance components, heritability was calculated as 0.36 for temperament and 0.46 for habituation. Genotyping of 162 microsatelli...
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