A missense mutation in the bovine MGF gene is associated with the roan phenotype in Belgian Blue and Shorthorn cattle

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 710-712

  Seitz, Jeffrey J ^a   Schmutz, Sheila M ^a   Thue, Tracey D ^a   Buchanan, Fiona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 3;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 5; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; INHERITANCE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN COLOR;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; MILK PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032863308     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359901076     Document Type: Article

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