Effects of reduced frequency of milk removal on gene expression in the bovine

Running Head: Milking Frequency and Gene Expression 1 2 3 Effects of reduced frequency of milk removal on gene expression in the bovine 4 mammary gland 5 6 M. D. Littlejohn, C. G. Walker, H. E. Ward, K. B. Lehnert, R. G. Snell, G. A. Verkerk, 7 R. J. Spelman, D. A. Clark, S. R. Davis 8 9 DairyNZ Ltd., Hamilton, NZ 10 ViaLactia BioSciences, Auckland, NZ 11 Livestock Improvement Corporation, Hamilton, NZ 12 13 * Corresponding author 14 Contact: matt.littlejohn@dairynz.co.nz 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 This research was supported in part by Dairy InSight (Wellington, New Zealand). 25 Articles in PresS. Physiol Genomics (December 8, 2009). doi:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00108.2009