Polymorphism at the ovine β3-adrenergic receptor locus: Associations with birth weight, growth rate, carcass composition and cold survival

Animal Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Forrest, R H ^a   Hickford, Jon G H ^a   Hogan, A ^a   Frampton, C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

3 adrenergic receptor; Carcass composition; Cold; Gene marker; Ovine; Polymerase chain reaction single strand conformational polymorphism; Polymorphism; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS;

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHEEP; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; COLD; DNA PRIMERS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP;

EID: 0037321468     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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