Missense mutations in exon 4 of the porcine LEPR gene encoding extracellular domain and their association with fatness traits

Animal Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Mackowski, M ^a   Szymoniak, K ^a   Szydlowski, M ^a   Kamyczek, M ^b   Eckert, R ^c   Rozycki, M ^c   Switonski, M ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Experimental Station   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fatness; LEPR; Pig; QTL

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 17144402950     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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