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SNPs at exonic region of aquaporin-7 (AQP7) gene may affect semen quality parameters among crossbred bulls

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This study was supported by World Bank funded National Agricultural Innovation Project, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India.

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  1. Animal Genetics and Breeding Section, Grass Farm Road, P. O. Box 17, Meerut Cantt., Meerut, 250 001, India

    SUSHIL KUMAR, RAJIB DEB, UMESH SINGH, INDRAJIT GANGULY, D. K. MANDAL, RUPALI SINGH, SHEETAL SHARMA, RANI SINGH, MAHESH KUMAR & ARJAVA SHARMA

  2. Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Grass Farm Road, P. O. Box 17, Meerut Cantt., Meerut, 250 001, India

    GYANENDRA SENGAR

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Kumar S., Deb R., Singh U., Ganguly I., Mandal D. K., Singh R., Sharma S., Sengar G., Singh R., Kumar M. and Sharma A. 2014 SNPs at exonic region of aquaporin-7 (AQP7) gene may affect semen quality parameters among crossbred bulls. J. Genet. 93, e108–e112. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/93/e108.pdf

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KUMAR, S., DEB, R., SINGH, U. et al. SNPs at exonic region of aquaporin-7 (AQP7) gene may affect semen quality parameters among crossbred bulls. J Genet 94 (Suppl 1), 108–112 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0436-2

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