Associations of leptin gene polymorphisms with production traits in pigs

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 378-383

  De Oliveira Peixoto, J ^a   Guimarães, S E Facioni ^a   Lopes, P Sávio ^a   Soares, M A Menck ^b   Pires, A Vieira ^a   Barbosa, M V Gualberto ^c   De Almeida Torres, R ^a   De Almeida e Silva, M ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Combined genotype; Genotype by sex interaction; Molecular marker; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LEPTIN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCTION; SUS SCROFA;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845461920     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2006.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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