A study of candidate genes for day blindness in the standard wire haired dachshund

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wiik, Anne Caroline ^a   Ropstad, Ernst Otto ^a   Bjerkås, Ellen ^a   Lingaas, Frode ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PEDIGREE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 50649118280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-4-23     Document Type: Article

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