Exclusion of the acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 gene (DGAT1) as a candidate for a fatty acid composition QTL on porcine chromosome 4

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-164

  Mercade A ^a   Sanchez A ^a   Folch, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COST; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 19944410515     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2005.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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