Components of litter size in gilts with different prolactin receptor genotypes

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 915-926

  Van Rens, Birgitte T T M ^a   Evans, Gary J ^b   Van Der Lende, Tette ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Ovaries; Pigs; Placenta; Prolactin receptor gene; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITTER SIZE; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; ORGAN SIZE; OVULATION; PLACENTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 0346665673     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01155-X     Document Type: Article

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