New variations in intron 4 of growth hormone gene in Chinese native chickens

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-279

  Nie, Q ^a   Ip, S C Y ^b   Zhang, X ^a   Leung, F C ^b   Yang, G ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036661270     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/93.4.277     Document Type: Article

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