Length polymorphism of PCR-amplified genomic fragments of the Pregnancy-Associated Glycoprotein (PAG) gene family in the pig and some other domestic and wild mammals

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 335-349

  Szafrańska, Bozena ^a   Panasiewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Wacławik, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chorion; Pig; Polymorphism; pPAG genetic markers; Pregnancy; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005818845     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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