Single nucleotide polymorphisms concordant with the horned/polled trait in Holsteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cattle that naturally do not grow horns are referred to as polled, a trait inherited in a dominant Mendelian fashion. Previous studies have localized the polled mutation (which is unknown) to the proximal end of bovine chromosome 1 i...

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Main Authors: Nissing Nick J, Cargill Edward J, Grosz Michael D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/1/128