DNA polymorphism in the chicken growth hormone gene: Association with egg production

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-244

  Kansaku, Norio ^a   Nakada, Asako ^a   Okabayashi, Hisato ^a   Guémené, Daniel ^b   Kuhnlein, Urs ^c   Zadworny, David ^c   Shimada, Kiyoshi ^d  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg production; Growth hormone; Restriction fragment length polymorphic markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344446960     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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