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Estimation of genetic parameters and genome scan for 15 semen characteristics traits of Holstein bulls.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Aug 2009
Druet T, Fritz S, Sellem E, Basso B, Gérard O, Salas-Cortes L, Humblot P, Druart X, Eggen A
Abstract excerpt
A QTL detection experiment was performed in French dairy cattle to search for QTL related to male fertility. Ten families, involving a total of 515 bulls, were phenotyped for ejaculated volume and sperm concentration, number of spermatozoa, motility, velocity, percentage of motile spermatozoa after thawing and abnormal spermatozoa. A set of 148 microsatellite markers were used to realize a genome scan. First,...
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