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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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Published in:Genet Sel Evol
Main Authors: Gehrke, Lilian Johanna, Capitan, Aurélien, Scheper, Carsten, König, Sven, Upadhyay, Maulik, Heidrich, Kristin, Russ, Ingolf, Seichter, Doris, Tetens, Jens, Medugorac, Ivica, Thaller, Georg
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7006098/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32033534
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-020-0525-z
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