Analysis on association of a SNP in the chicken OBR gene with growth and body composition traits

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1706-1710

  Wang, Ying ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, YuanDan ^b   Gu, ZhiLiang ^a   Li, ZhiHui ^a   Wang, QiGui ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal Fat; Chicken; OBR gene; Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845572706     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1706     Document Type: Article

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