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Methods and materials for identifying bovine males which will produce semen which will exhibit a higher rate of successfully impregnation by either artificial insemination or natural mating. The method employs SNPs that have been identified in the bDAZL gene which are associated with enhanced (or decreased) male fertility in bovine males and haplotypes formed from such SNPs. The method herein can be used to identify male dairy or beef cattle. The method herein can be applied to bovine animals at an appropriate time and particularly at birth or in utero. The invention further provides kits for conduction assays to assess bovine male fertility/infertility. The invention additionally provides a method of breeding cattle employing the methods and materials herein.

Classes IPC  ?

• C07H 21/04 - Composés contenant au moins deux unités mononucléotide comportant chacune des groupes phosphate ou polyphosphate distincts liés aux radicaux saccharide des groupes nucléoside, p.ex. acides nucléiques avec le désoxyribosyle comme radical saccharide
• C12Q 1/68 - Procédés de mesure ou de test faisant intervenir des enzymes, des acides nucléiques ou des micro-organismes; Compositions à cet effet; Procédés pour préparer ces compositions faisant intervenir des acides nucléiques