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Characterization of the DGAT1 mutations and the CSN1S1 promoter in the German Angeln dairy cattle population.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Aug 2006
Sanders K, Bennewitz J, Reinsch N, Thaller G, Prinzenberg E-M, Kühn C, Kalm E
Abstract excerpt
The identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and genes with influence on milk production traits has been the objective of various mapping studies in the last decade. In the centromeric region of Bos taurus autosome (BTA) 14, the acyl-CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase1 gene (DGAT1) has been identified as the most likely causative gene underlying a QTL for milk fat yield and content. Recently, a second...
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