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Serotonin receptor 1B (HTR1B) genotype associated with milk production traits in cattle.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Oct 2008
Zhang C L, Chen H, Wang Y H, Zhang R F, Lan X Y, Lei C Z, Zhang L, Zhang A L, Hu S R
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Serotonin receptor 1B (HTR1B) is one of the 14 different identified serotonin receptors which are involved in the regulation of behaviors such as sleep, fear, aggression, mood, and feeding. The aims of this study were to characterize polymorphisms in the 5' coding and the 3' flanking regions of the bovine HTR1B gene among Chinese Holsteins and to identify the association of HTR1B polymorphisms with milk...
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