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Autosomal recessive loci contribute significantly to quantitative variation of male fertility in a dairy cattle population.
BMC genomics - 30 Mar 2021
Hiltpold Maya, Kadri Naveen Kumar, Janett Fredi, Witschi Ulrich, Schmitz-Hsu Fritz, Pausch Hubert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cattle are ideally suited to investigate the genetics of male fertility. Semen from individual bulls is used for thousands of artificial inseminations for which the fertilization success is monitored. Results from the breeding soundness examination and repeated observations of semen quality complement the fertility evaluation for each bull. RESULTS: In a cohort of 3881 Brown Swiss bulls that had...
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