High levels of nucleotide diversity in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) SRY gene

Animal Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-351

  Geraldes, A ^a,b   Rogel Gaillard, C ^c   Ferrand, N ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

European rabbit; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SRY gene; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

LEPORIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SRY GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; GENE COMPONENTS; GENES, SRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 25644452087     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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