Genetic variation at the porcine MYF-5 gene locus. Lack of association with meat production traits

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Te Pas, M F W ^a   Harders, F L ^a   Soumillion, A ^a   Born, L ^a   Buist, W ^a   Meuwissen, T H E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032770829     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900956     Document Type: Article

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