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Association of MAP4K4 gene single nucleotide polymorphism with mastitis and milk traits in Chinese Holstein cattle.
The Journal of dairy research - 1 Feb 2017
Bhattarai Dinesh, Chen Xing, Ur Rehman Zia, Hao Xingjie, Ullah Farman, Dad Rahim, Talpur Hira Sajjad, Kadariya Ishwari, Cui Lu, Fan Mingxia, Zhang Shujun
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The objective of the studies presented in this Research Communication was to investigate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms present in the MAP4K4 gene with different milk traits in dairy cows. Based on previous QTL fine mapping results on bovine chromosome 11, the MAP4K4 gene was selected as a candidate gene to evaluate its effect on somatic cell count and milk traits in ChineseHolstein cows. Milk...
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