Relationship of the Bovine growth hormone gene to carcass traits in Japanese black cattle

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Tatsuda, K ^a,e   Oka, A ^a   Iwamoto, E ^a   Kuroda, Y ^a   Takeshita, H ^b   Kataoka, H ^c   Kouno, S ^d  

^a Hyogo Institute of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery   (Japan)

^b Shimane Prefecture Livestock Technology Center   (Japan)

^c Okayama Prefectural Center for Animal Husbandry and Research   (Japan)

^d Welfare and Environment Bureau)   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine growth hormone gene; Carcass traits; Japanese black cattle; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PRIMER DNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HAPLOTYPES; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 38749117940     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2007.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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