Physiological and genetic characteristics of black-boned sheep (Ovis aries)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-588

  Deng, W D ^a,b   Yang, S L ^a   Huo, Y Q ^a   Gou, X ^b   Shi, X W ^b   Mao, H M ^a  

^a Yunnan Provincial Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black boned sheep; Characteristics; Gene; Melanin

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; GENETICS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33751237673     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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