Polymorphisms in the 5′ regulatory region of myostatin gene are associated with early growth traits in Yorkshire pigs

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 642-647

  Yu, LingZhi ^a   Tang, Hui ^a   Wang, JiYing ^b   Wu, Ying ^b   Zou, LiLi ^a   Jiang, YunLiang ^a   Wu, ChangXin ^c   Li, Ning ^c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 regulatory region; Early growth trait; Myostatin; Pig; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS;

DNA; MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SWINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 34648836291     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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