A first genotyping assay of french cattle breeds based on a new allele of the extension gene encoding the melanocortin-1 receptor (Mc1r)

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 511-520

  Rouzaud, François ^a   Martin, Juliette ^a   Gallet, Paul François ^a   Delourme, Didier ^a   Goulemot Leger, Valérie ^b   Amigues, Yves ^b   Ménissier, François ^b   Levéziel, Hubert ^a,b   Julien, Raymond ^a   Oulmouden, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coat color; Extension; Genotyping; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COLOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033761733     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2000102     Document Type: Article

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