Investigation of the Booroola (FecB) and Inverdale (FecXI) mutations in 21 prolific breeds and strains of sheep sampled in 13 countries

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Davis, G H ^a   Balakrishnan, L ^b   Ross, I K ^b   Wilson, T ^b   Galloway, S M ^b   Lumsden, B M ^b   Hanrahan, J P ^c   Mullen, M ^d   Mao, X Z ^e   Wang, G L ^e   Zhao, Z S ^e   Zeng, Y Q ^e   Robinson, J J ^f   Mavrogenis, A P ^g   Papachristoforou, C ^g   Peter, C ^h   Baumung, R ⁱ   Cardyn, P ^j   Boujenane, I ^k   Cockett, N E ^l   Eythorsdottir, E ^m   Arranz, J J ⁿ   Notter, D R ^o   more..

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^h JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^j Clinique Veterinaire de Coaticook   (Canada)

^k INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^l UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Agricultural Research Institute Reykjavik   (Iceland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^o VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Breeds; DNA; Major gene; Reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; DNA; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; DNA; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LITTER SIZE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31544459848     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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