A new single nucleotide polymorphism in the chicken pituitary-specific transcription factor (POU1F1) gene associated with growth rate

Animal Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 344-346

  Jiang, R ^a   Li, J ^a   Qu, L ^a   Li, H ^a   Yang, N ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Pituitary specific transcription factor; SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3843105684     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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