Polymorphism of FecB gene in nine sheep breeds or strains and its effects on litter size, lamb growth and development

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-124

  Guan, Feng ^a,d   Liu, Shou Ren ^b   Shi, Guo Qing ^a,b   Ai, Jun Tao ^a   Mao, Da Gan ^a   Yang, Li Guo ^a,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Body weight; FecB gene; Litter size; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CHINA; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECB GENE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HEART SIZE; HOMOZYGOTE; LAMB; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; PARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORAX; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33244468391     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60030-9     Document Type: Article

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