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Mutation in bovine beta-carotene oxygenase 2 affects milk color.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2009
Berry S D, Davis S R, Beattie E M, Thomas N L, Burrett A K, Ward H E, Stanfield A M, Biswas M, Ankersmit-Udy A E, Oxley P E, Barnett J L, Pearson J F, van der Does Y, Macgibbon A H K, Spelman R J, Lehnert K, Snell R G
Abstract excerpt
beta-Carotene biochemistry is a fundamental process in mammalian biology. Aberrations either through malnutrition or potentially through genetic variation may lead to vitamin A deficiency, which is a substantial public health burden. In addition, understanding the genetic regulation of this process may enable bovine improvement. While many bovine QTL have been reported, few of the causative genes and mutations...
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