Mitochondrial DNA: An important female contribution to thoroughbred racehorse performance

Mitochondrion

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-66

  Harrison, Stephen Paul ^a   Turrion Gomez, Juan Luis ^a,b  

^a Thoroughbred Genetics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genes; Mitochondrial DNA; Performance; Racehorse; Stamina; Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; INHERITANCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HORSES; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; RUNNING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646576211     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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