Porcine growth differentiation factor 9 gene polymorphisms and their associations with litter size

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-169

  Zhang, Yushan ^a   Du, Hongli ^b   Chen, Jing ^a   Yang, Guanfu ^a   Zhang, Xiquan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cloning; expression; growth differentiation factor 9; pig; polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LITTER SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 40749132981     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60022-3     Document Type: Article

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