Rectovaginal constriction in Jersey cattle: genetics and breed dynamics.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78937-0

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Rectovaginal constriction in Jersey cattle: genetics and breed dynamics.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 1990

Leipold H W, Huston K, Barton E P, Holman J R, Troyer D L

Abstract excerpt

Data from farmer-owned herds and from experimental matings supported monofactorial recessive inheritance of rectovaginal constriction in US Jersey cattle. Kempthorne's population genetics model of a recessive trait involving only male selection was extended to include mutation and converted to se...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Female
Male
Models, Genetic
Mutation
Pedigree
Rectal Diseases
Vaginal Diseases

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