Mapping of quantitative trait loci for cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglyceride serum concentrations in pigs

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-209

  Gallardo, David ^a   Pena, Ramona N ^b   Amills, Marcel ^a   Varona, Luis ^b,e   Ramírez, Oscar ^a   Reixach, Josep ^c   Díaz, Isabel ^b   Tibau, Joan ^b   Soler, Joaquim ^b   Prat Cuffi, Josep M ^d   Noguera, José L ^b   Quintanilla, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Selección Batallé S A   (Spain)

^d Hospital de Palamos   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Lipid metabolism; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 57349181192     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90249.2008     Document Type: Article

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