Study on BMP15 and GDF 9 as candidate genes for prolificacy of Small Tail Han sheep

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-45

  Chu, Ming Xing ^a   Sang, Lin Hua ^b   Wang, Jin Yu ^b   Fang, Li ^a   Ye, Su Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein 15 gene; Candidate gene approach; Growth differentiation factor 9 gene; PCR RFLP; Prolificacy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BELCLARE EWE; BMP15 GENE; BREED; CAMBRIDGE EWE; CANDIDATE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSET SHEEP; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GDF9 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERMAN MUTTON MERINO SHEEP; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HU SHEEP; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMALL TAIL HAN SHEEP; TEXEL SHEEP; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LITTER SIZE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP;

EID: 12344296499     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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