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SUBMITTER: Yang F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7023285 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Fan F Zhang Manling M Rong Yuewen Y Liu Zaiqun Z Yang Shuai S Zhang Wei W Li Jun J Cai Yafei Y
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20191229 1
Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA) is a major whey protein in bovine and other mammalian milk, which regulates synthesis of lactose. Little is known about its genetic polymorphism and whether can be used as a potential marker for dairy ingredients, milk yield traits, and milk properties. To investigate its polymorphisms and their relationship with milk lactation traits in Chinese Holstein dairy cows, single-strand conformation polymorphism method (PCR-SSCP) and direct sequencing method were used to mark t ...[more]