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Evaluation of prolactin receptor (PRLR) as candidate gene for male fertility in Hanoverian warmblood horses.
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene - 1 Oct 2010
Giesecke K, Hamann H, Sieme H, Distl O
Abstract excerpt
Stallion fertility has increasing importance as the artificial insemination is employed in horses more intensely. Molecular genetic markers may be useful tools to evaluate the stallion fertility before breeding. The prolactin receptor gene (PRLR) was chosen as a candidate for stallion fertility because of its influence on testicular and accessory sex gland function. Screening the equine PRLR gene for...
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