The importance of maternal lineage on milk yield traits of dairy cattle.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(92)77884-9

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The importance of maternal lineage on milk yield traits of dairy cattle.

Journal of dairy science - 1 May 1992

Schutz M M, Freeman A E, Beitz D C, Mayfield J E

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Maternal lineage effects on milk yield traits, considered indicative of cytoplasmic inheritance, were evaluated with animal models. Cattle were from a selection experiment begun in 1968. Maternal pedigrees were traced to the first female member in the Holstein-Friesian Herdbook; purchased cows en...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Cattle
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Lactation
Lipids
Milk
Parity
Pedigree
Phenotype

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