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Associations between newly discovered polymorphisms in the Bos taurus growth hormone receptor gene and performance traits in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2011
Waters S M, McCabe M S, Howard D J, Giblin L, Magee D A, MacHugh D E, Berry D P
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Variations in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene sequence are associated with performance traits in cattle. For example, the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) F279Y in transmembrane exon 8 has a strong association with milk yield. In this study, 32 previously unreported, putative novel SNP...
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