Association of fatty acid synthase gene and malic enzyme gene polymorphisms with fatness in turkeys

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1651-1657

  Sourdioux, M ^a,b,c   Brevelet, C ^a   Delabrosse, Y ^b   Douaire, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BETINA Sélection   (France)

^c Institut Superieur d'Agriculture de Beauvais   (France)

Author keywords

Fatness; Fatty acid synthase gene; Linkage analysis; Malic enzyme gene; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE TAQI; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; LIPID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIPIDS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TURKEYS;

EID: 0033258385     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.12.1651     Document Type: Article

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