Genotyping of the caprine Kappa-casein variants in Egyptian breeds

International Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Othman, Othman E ^a   Ahmed, Sahar ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Goat; Kappa casein; Milk protein; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 37749009220     PISSN: 18119743     EISSN: 18119751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijds.2007.90.94     Document Type: Article

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