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Inheritance of vertical fiber hide defect in cattle.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Cundiff L V, Buechler P R, Hannigan M V, Everett A L, Dahms M P
Abstract excerpt
Inheritance of vertical fiber hide defect (VFHD), a structural defect in collagen fiber orientation that causes weakness and reduced value of leather, was examined using histological data on hide biopsies obtained from 465 Hereford cattle by 65 sires. The data set included 44 offspring-dam pairs, for which VFHD phenotypes had been diagnosed on both the offspring and dam. Examination of offspring and parental...
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