Association between expression of reproductive seasonality and alleles of the gene for Mel(1a) receptor in the ewe

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1096-1101

  Pelletier, Jean ^a,c   Bodin, Loys ^b   Hanocq, Eric ^b   Malpaux, Benoît ^a   Teyssier, Jacques ^a   Thimonier, Jacques ^a   Chemineau, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Stn d'Amelioration Genet Animaux   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 0034069520     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.4.1096     Document Type: Article

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