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Identification of an ovulation rate QTL in cattle on BTA14 using selective DNA pooling and interval mapping.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Gonda M G, Arias J A, Shook G E, Kirkpatrick B W
Abstract excerpt
Increased twinning incidence in beef cattle has the potential to improve production efficiency. However, phenotypic selection for twinning rate is difficult because of the trait's low heritability and the long time interval necessary to collect phenotypic records. Therefore, this trait and the correlated trait of ovulation rate are ideal candidates for marker-assisted selection. The objective of this study was to...
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