A Genomic Region On Bos taurus Autosome 18 Associated With Maternal And Direct Effects On Calving Traits In The German Holstein Population

B. Brand¹, C. Baes², T. Seidenspinner³, M. Mayer⁴, G. Thaller³, N. Reinsch⁴, M. Schwerin¹, C. Kühn^5
1Leibnitz Institute for farm animal biology, Functional Genome Analysis, Dummerstorf, Germany
²University Hohenheim, Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Breeding, Stuttgart, Germany
³Christian-Albrechts-University, Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Kiel, Germany
⁴Leibnitz Institute for farm animal biology, Genetics and Biometry, Dummerstorf, Germany
⁵Leibnitz Institute for farm animal biology, Molecular Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany