Effects of the MyoG Gene on the Partial Growth Traits in Pigs

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 992-997

  XUE, Hui Liang ^a   ZHOU, Zhong Xiao ^b  

^a QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

growth traits; MyoG gene; pigs

Indexed keywords

FAT; MYOGENIN; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; LANDRACE; MYOG GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MYOGENIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750946727     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60134-0     Document Type: Article

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