A genetic marker in the growth hormone receptor gene associated with body weight in chickens

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-359

  Feng, X P ^a   Kuhnlein, U ^a   Fairfull, R W ^b   Aggrey, S E ^a   Yao, J ^a   Zadworny, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DNA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031818571     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/89.4.355     Document Type: Article

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