SBIR/STTR Research Award
CHARATERIZATION OF AVAII POLYMORPHISIM IN PROLACTIN GENE
Award amount
$49,865Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Tri-state Breeders Cooperative
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A GENETIC MARKER ASSOCIATED WITH YIELD TRAITS IN AN ELITE FAMILY OF DAIRY CATTLE HAS BEEN FOUND. THE MARKER HAS PROVEN TO BE USEFUL IN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SONS IN SPITE OF THE NEARLY IDENTICAL PEDIGREE MERIT. CHARACTERIZATION OFTHE AVAII POLYMORPHISM DETECTED WITH CDNA PROBES FOR PROLACTIN WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURAL VARIATION IS IN THE PROLACTIN GENE.
Technology keywords
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