Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting corpora lutea and number of teats in a Meishan x Duroc F2 resource population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2895-2901

  Sato, S ^a,d   Atsuji, K ^a   Saito, N ^c   Okitsu, M ^c   Komatsuda, A ^b   Mitsuhashi, T ^a,d   Nirasawa, K ^a,f   Hayashi, T ^d   Sugimoto, Y ^e   Kobayashi, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b National Livestock Breeding Center   (Japan)

^c National Livestock Breeding Center   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpora lutea; Imprinting; Number of teats; Pig; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE; UDDER;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CORPUS LUTEUM; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750581636     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-176     Document Type: Article

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