Polymorphism and chromosomal location of the MC4R (melanocortin-4 receptor) gene in the dog and red fox

Gene

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Skorczyk, Anna ^a   Stachowiak, Monika ^a   Szczerbal, Izabela ^a   Klukowska Roetzler, Jolanta ^b   Schelling, Claude ^c   Dolf, Gaudenz ^b   Switonski, Marek ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dog; FISH; MC4R; Red fox; SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOX; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEARCH ENGINE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DOGS; FOXES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUS; VULPES;

EID: 33947594506     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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