Genetic variation among chicken lines and mammalian species in specific genes

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 284-288

  Zhou, H ^a   Liu, W ^a   Lamont, S J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Candidate gene; Immune response; Inbred chicken line; Nucleotide sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNITY; INBREEDING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035290727     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.3.284     Document Type: Article

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