Fecundity genes in sheep

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 82-83, Issue , 2004, Pages 247-253

  Davis, G H ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA; Major gene; Ovulation; Reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MUTATION; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3543063594     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.04.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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