Evidence of gene-controlled sterility in bulls
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- 1 April 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 43 (2) , 178-181
Abstract
A study has been made of the relationships of sterile Friesian bulls manifesting ‘knobbed’ spermatozoa, and the conclusion drawn that the characteristic defect of the acrosome is due to an autosomal sexlimited recessive gene (kn).Keywords
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