Characterization of the porcine acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain 4 gene and its association with growth and meat quality traits

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Mercade A ^a   Estelle J ^a   Perez Enciso M ^a,b   Varona, L ^c   Silio L ^d   Noguera, J L ^c   Sanchez A ^a   Folch, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Fatty acid; Growth; Pig; Polymorphisms; Quantitative trait loci; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; MEAT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SWINE;

BABYROUSA BABYRUSSA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33744496285     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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