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Applying real-time quantitative PCR to diagnosis of freemartin in Holstein cattle by quantifying SRY gene: a comparison experiment

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Published in 2018 at "PeerJ"

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4616

Abstract: 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… read more here.

Keywords: sry gene; heterosexual twin; freemartin; twin ... See more keywords