Prolactin receptor as a candidate gene for prolificacy of small tail han sheep

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-73

  Chu, M X ^a   Mu, Y L ^a   Fang, L ^a   Ye, S C ^a   Sun, S H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

PCR SSCP; Prolactin receptor gene; Prolificacy; Small Tail Han sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; GENES;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); PROLACTIN RECEPTOR GENE; PROLIFICACY; SMALL TAIL HAN SHEEP;

PROTEINS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

DNA; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; SHEEP;

EID: 33847105163     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495390601090950     Document Type: Article

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