A new mutation in the coding region of the bovine leptin gene associated with feed intake

Animal Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-374

  Lagonigro, R ^a,b   Wiener, P ^a   Pilla, F ^b   Woolliams, J A ^a   Williams, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Leptin; Livestock production; Obese gene; SNP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EATING; GENE FREQUENCY; LEPTIN; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0141595199     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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