Association of SNP haplotypes at the myostatin gene with muscular hypertrophy in sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 928-935

  Gan, S Q ^a,b,c   Du, Z ^c   Liu, S R ^a,b   Yang, Y L ^d   Shen, M ^a   Wang, X H ^b   Yin, J L ^b   Hu, X X ^c   Fei, J ^c   Fan, J J ^d   Wang, J H ^d   He, Q H ^d   Zhang, Y S ^d   Li, N ^a  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Agroreclamation Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Ziniquan Sheep Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Double muscle; Haplotype; Phenotype; SSCP

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 51149104345     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2008.70473     Document Type: Article

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