Associations of the IGF2 gene with growth and meat efficiency in Large White pigs

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-513

  Kolařiková, Olga ^a   Putnová, Lenka ^a   Urban, Tomáš ^a   Adámek, Josef ^a   Knoll, Aleš ^a   Dvořák, Josef ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

IGF2; Insulin like growth factor; Meat efficiency; Pig

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; MALE; MEAT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MEAT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0344628507     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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