Effect of the estrogen receptor locus on reproduction and production traits in four commercial pig lines

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3138-3142

  Short, T H ^a   Rothschild, M F ^b   Southwood, O I ^c   McLaren, D G ^a   De Vries, A ^c   Van Der Steen, H ^d   Eckardt, G R ^a   Tuggle, C K ^b   Helm, J ^b   Vaske, D A ^e   Mileham, A J ^d   Plastow, G S ^d  

^a GENUS PLC   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PIC Europe   (United Kingdom)

^d Fyfield Wick   (United Kingdom)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen Receptors; Genetic Markers; Growth; Major Genes; Pleiotropy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GROWTH; LITTER SIZE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

EID: 0031309255     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75123138x     Document Type: Article

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