Applying real-time quantitative PCR to diagnosis of freemartin in Holstein cattle by quantifying SRY gene: a comparison experiment
Background Freemartinism generally occurs in female offspring of dizygotic twins in a mixed-sex pregnancy. Most bovine heterosexual twin females are freemartins. However, about 10% of bovine heterosexual twin females are fertile. Farmers mostly cull bovine fertile heterosexual twin females due to th...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018-04-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/4616.pdf |