Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of the chicken Myostatin gene in different chicken lines

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 599-606

  Gu, Zhi Liang ^b   Zhang, Hai Feng ^a   Zhu, Da Hai ^a   Li, Hui ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Myostatin gene; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BREED; BREED DIFFERENCE; CHICKEN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0036634545     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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