Analysis of genetic polymorphisms in the major histocompatibility complex of Japanese quail

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-14

  Ye, X ^a,b   Zhu, J ^a   Velleman, S G ^a   Bacon, W L ^a   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body weight; Japanese quail; Major histocompatibility complex; Plasma yolk precursor; Restriction fragment length polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0032605010     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.1.8     Document Type: Article

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