Prenatal maternal and possible transgenerational epigenetic effects on milk production.

Prenatal maternal and possible transgenerational epigenetic effects on milk production.

This study investigated whether the prenatal maternal environment in dairy cattle influences the postnatal milking performance of the resulting daughters and grand-daughters. Linear mixed models were used to analyse whole season milk production from ∼ 46,000 Jersey and ∼ 123,000 Holstein Friesian co...

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Main Authors: Boyd Gudex, David Johnson, Kuljeet Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4047075?pdf=render

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