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MANY workers have examined the possibility that the polymorphism found in cattle blood groups may be due in part to their association with production characters. Various associations have been found1–4, but the most striking one is between fat percentage and the B allele BBO1Y2D′ (refs. 5–7).
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CONNEALLY, P., STONE, W. Association between a Blood Group and Butterfat Production in Dairy Cattle. Nature 206, 115 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206115a0
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