Mapping of the porcine calpastatin gene and association study of its variance with economic traits in pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1085-1089

  Choi, B H ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Jang, G W ^a   Lee, H Y ^a   Lee, J W ^a,b   Lee, K T ^a   Chung, H Y ^a   Park, H S ^a   Oh, J S ^a   Sun, S S ^a,b   Myung, K H ^a,b   Cheong, I C ^a   Kim, T H ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calpastatin (CAST); Korean Native Pig; Linkage Mapping; QTL Mapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33747122585     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1085     Document Type: Article

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