Association between G316A growth hormone polymorphism and economic traits in pigs

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 634-640

  de Faria, Danielle Assis ^a   Guimaraães, Simone Eliza Facioni ^a   Lopes, Paulo Sávio ^a   Pires, Aldrin Vieira ^b   Paiva, Samuel Rezende ^c   Sollero, Bruna Pena ^a   Wenceslau, Amauri Arias ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Sistema FAESA de Ensino   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Divergent cross; Molecular marker; Sex x genotype interaction; Swine

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARCASS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIG FARMING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33751433138     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572006000400010     Document Type: Article

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