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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Michel Alphonse Julien Georges, B-4161 Villers-aux-Tours, BE;
Wouter Herman Robert Coppieters, B-3401 Landen, BE;
Bernard Marie-josee Jean Grisart, B-4218 Couthuin, BE;
Russell Grant Snell, Balmoral, Auckland, NZ;
Suzanne Jean Reid, Newmarket Auckland, NZ;
Christine Ann Ford, Newmarket, Auckland, NZ;
Richard John Spelman, Hamilton, NZ;
Michel Alphonse Julien Georges, B-4161 Villers-aux-Tours, BE;
Wouter Herman Robert Coppieters, B-3401 Landen, BE;
Bernard Marie-Josee Jean Grisart, B-4218 Couthuin, BE;
Russell Grant Snell, Balmoral, Auckland, NZ;
Suzanne Jean Reid, Newmarket Auckland, NZ;
Christine Ann Ford, Newmarket, Auckland, NZ;
Richard John Spelman, Hamilton, NZ;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of genotyping bovine for improved milk production traits by determining the DGAT1 genotypic state of said bovine, wherein the DGAT1 gene and polymorphisms within said gene have been found to be associated with such improved milk production traits.