Screening and scanning of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the pig melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) by pyrosequencing

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-153

  Gustafsson, Anna C ^a   Kijas, James M H ^b   Alderborn, Anders ^c   Uhlén, Mathias ^a   Andersson, Leif ^b   Lundeberg, Joakim ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c PyroSequencing AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PYROPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DIPHOSPHATES; GENOTYPE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

EID: 0035498402     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ABIO-100108341     Document Type: Article

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