Identification of a short region on chromosome 6 affecting direct calving ease in Piedmontese cattle breed.
Calving in cattle is affected by calf morphology and by dam characteristics. It is described by two different traits: maternal calving ease, which is the ability to generate dams with good physiological predisposition to calving, and direct calving ease, which is the ability to generate calves that...
Main Authors: | Silvia Bongiorni, Giordano Mancini, Giovanni Chillemi, Lorraine Pariset, Alessio Valentini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3514265?pdf=render |
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