The polymorphisms of bovine cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcripts and their associations with cattle (Bos taurus) growth traits

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Chun, Lei Zhang ^a,b   Chen, Hong ^a,b   Yan, Hong Wang ^a   Xian, Yong Lan ^b   Chu, Zhao Lei ^b   Xing, Tang Fang ^a  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CART; Cattle; Growth traits; SNPs

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE;

CATTLE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROZYGOSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOS TAURUS; BREED; CATTLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; GENOTYPE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 52649142631     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-008-0056-1     Document Type: Article

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