Association of corticotropin-releasing hormone gene variation with performance and meat quality traits in commercial pig lines

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-512

  Murani E ^a   Ponsuksili, S ^a   Schellander, K ^b   Wimmers, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Meat quality; Pig; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENOTYPE; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SWINE;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33748764920     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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