Article
Genetic variation in monoamine oxidase A and analysis of association with behaviour traits in beef cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Oct 2010
Lühken G, Glenske K, Brandt H, Erhardt G
Abstract excerpt
Husbandry of beef cattle requires animals that do not behave aggressively or timidly. The enzyme monoamine oxidase A and the coding gene (MAOA) play an important role in the complex regulation of behaviour. The complete coding region and a part of the non-coding sequence of the bovine MAOA gene have been analysed in 20 German Angus and 20 German Simmental bulls and cows with the aim of detecting genetic...
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