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Are scurs in heterozygous polled (Pp) cattle a complex quantitative trait?

BACKGROUND: Breeding genetically hornless, i.e. polled, cattle provides an animal welfare-friendly and non-invasive alternative to the dehorning of calves. However, the molecular regulation of the development of horns in cattle is still poorly understood. Studying genetic characters such as polledne...

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Autores principales: Gehrke, Lilian Johanna, Capitan, Aurélien, Scheper, Carsten, König, Sven, Upadhyay, Maulik, Heidrich, Kristin, Russ, Ingolf, Seichter, Doris, Tetens, Jens, Medugorac, Ivica, Thaller, Georg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32033534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-020-0525-z