Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting female reproductive traits on porcine chromosome 8

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2172-2179

  King, Annemarie H ^a   Jiang, Zhihua ^b   Gibson, John P ^a   Haley, Chris S ^a   Archibald, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gene regulation; Gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor; Mammary glands; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LITTER SIZE; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CORPUS LUTEUM; DNA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LITTER SIZE; OVARY; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038513474     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012955     Document Type: Article

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