Association of SNP in the ExonII of leptin gene with milk and reproduction traits in Holstein Iranian cows

Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-350

  Alashawkany, Abdul Raoof ^a   Shahroudi, Frydoun Eftekhari ^b   Nassiry, Mohammad Reza ^b   Moussavi, Alireza Heravi ^b   Heydarpour, Mahyar ^b   Sadeghi, Balal ^b  

^a THAMAR UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iranian Holstein; Leptin; PCR RFLP; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GENETIC VARIATIONS; IRANIAN HOLSTEIN; LEPTIN; LINEAR MODELING; MILK PRODUCTION; PCR-RFLP; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS; UNIVARIATE;

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45949084433     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2008.347.350     Document Type: Article

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