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Population-wide analysis of a QTL affecting milk-fat production in the Israeli Holstein population.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2003
Weller J I, Golik M, Seroussi E, Ezra E, Ron M
Abstract excerpt
A population-wide linkage disequilibrium on bovine chromosome 14 between microsatellite ILSTS039 and DGAT1, a putative quantitative trait locus affecting milk production traits, was found in the Israeli Holstein population. A total of 394 bulls were genotyped for both DGAT1 and ILSTS039, and 1747 cows were genotyped for ILSTS039. The ILSTS039 allele termed "225," and the DGAT1 K allele (substitution of a lysine...
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