Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in exon 6 region of BMPRIB gene with litter size traits in sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1375-1378

  Jia, Cunling ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Zhao, Xingbo ^a   Zhu, Xiaoping ^a   Jia, Zhihai ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BMPRIB; Litter Size; PCR SSCP; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26844515311     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1375     Document Type: Article

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