Cattle Trait Details: Milk delta-9-desaturase content

QTLdb Trait Hierarchy

Trait Class:	Milk
Trait Type:	Milk composition - protein
Trait Name:	Milk delta-9-desaturase content
Trait ID:	1570
Abbreviation:	D9D
Custom Name:	Milk stearoyl-CoA desaturase content
Related / Reported trait: (Figures in parenthesis are the number of data associated with)	Milk delta-9-desaturase content (7)
Description:	Level in milk of this enzyme that catalyzes a rate-limiting step in unsaturated fatty acid synthesis
Measurement:	Ratio of [CLA]/([CLA]+[VA])
Scale/Unit:	n/a
Comments:	Indirect measure of enzyme level (see PMID 24909189)

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