Detection of putative loci affecting milk production and composition, health, and type traits in a United States Holstein population.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75896-5

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Detection of putative loci affecting milk production and composition, health, and type traits in a United States Holstein population.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Dec 1998

Ashwell M S, Da Y, Van Tassell C P, Vanraden P M, Miller R H, Rexroad C E

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Quantitative trait loci affecting milk yield and composition, health, and type traits were studied for seven large grandsire families of US Holstein using the granddaughter design. The families were genotyped at 20 microsatellite markers on 15 chromosomes, and the effects of the marker alleles we...

Topics

Animals
Cattle
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Genotype
Health
Lactation
Lipids
Microsatellite Repeats
Milk
Milk Proteins
United States

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