Analysis of population differentiation in North Eurasian cattle (Bos taurus) using single nucleotide polymorphisms in three genes associated with production traits

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 390-392

  Li, M H ^a   Adamowicz, T ^a,b   Switonski, M ^b   Ammosov, I ^c   Ivanova, Z ^d   Kiselyova, T ^e   Popov, R ^a   Kantanen, J ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Yakut State Agricultural Academy ^*

^d All Russian Research Institute of Farm Animal Genetics and Breeding   (Russian Federation)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Resources of Sakha   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cattle; Microsatellite; Population differentiation; Quantitative trait loci; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CATTLE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; GROWTH HORMONE; HETEROZYGOTE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746237715     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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