Validation of a modified PCR-based method for identifying mutant restricted ovulator chickens: Substantiation of genotypic classification by phenotypic traits

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-525

  Elkin, R G ^a,d   Zhong, Y ^a,e   Porter Jr , R E ^b,f   Walzem, R L ^c,g  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidemia; PCR; Point mutation; Restricted ovulator chicken; Very low density lipoprotein receptor

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA; EGG PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA; EGG PROTEINS; EGG YOLK; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LDL; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 0042662762     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.4.517     Document Type: Article

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