Highly polymorphic bovine leptin gene

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1548-1551

  Yoon, D H ^a   Cho, B H ^b   Park, B L ^b   Choi, Y H ^b   Cheong, H S ^b   Lee, H K ^c   Chung, E R ^d   Cheong, I C ^a   Shin, H D ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b SNP Genetics Inc   (South Korea)

^c Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^d Sangji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Haplotype; Leptin; Linkage Disequilibrium (LD); Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 28244443550     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1548     Document Type: Article

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