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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
Abstract excerpt
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 were analyzed for 28 traits (21 type traits, 5 milk yield and composition traits, somatic cell score, and productive herd...
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