Evidence for a genetic variation in the mitochondrial genome affecting traits in White Leghorn chickens

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Li, S ^a   Aggrey, S E ^a   Zadworny, D ^a   Fairfull, W ^b   Kuhnlein, U ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031842522     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/89.3.222     Document Type: Article

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