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Genetic variants in mammary development, prolactin signalling and involution pathways explain considerable variation in bovine milk production and milk composition.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 29 Apr 2014
Raven Lesley-Ann, Cocks Benjamin G, Goddard Michael E, Pryce Jennie E, Hayes Ben J
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BACKGROUND: The maintenance of lactation in mammals is the result of a balance between competing signals from mammary development, prolactin signalling and involution pathways. Dairy cattle are an interesting case study to investigate the effect of polymorphisms that affect the function of genes...
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