Analysis of associations of PIT1 genotypes with growth, meat quality and carcass composition traits in pigs

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-91

  Brunsch, Christa ^a   Sternstein, Ina ^a   Reinecke, Peter ^a   Bieniek, Józef ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA markers; Pigs; PIT1; Quantitative trait locus; RFLP

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MEAT PRODUCTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036053694     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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