Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the corticotrophin-releasing hormone and pro-opiomelancortin genes are associated with growth and carcass yield in beef cattle

Animal Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Buchanan, F C ^a   Thue, T D ^a   Yu, P ^a   Winkelman Sim, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass yield; Cattle; Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Pro opiomelancortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PRIMER DNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DNA PRIMERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 17144398045     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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