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Variants in the pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 gene on Bos taurus autosome 16 are associated with daughter calving ease and productive life in Holstein cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2011
Wickramasinghe S, Rincon G, Medrano J F
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Reproductive disorders in dairy herds have a negative effect on farm profitability and sustainability of milk production. Given the substantial evidence of the role of the pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP) gene family in the regulation of reproduction in humans and mice, its role in insulin-like growth factor metabolism, quantitative trait loci effects in the mouse, and location of a calving ease QTL on...
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