DNA polymorphism of 5′ flanking region of prolactin gene and its association with litter size in sheep

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Chu, M X ^a   Wang, X C ^c   Jin, M ^d   Di, R ^a   Chen, H Q ^b   Zhu, G Q ^c   Fang, L ^a   Ma, Y H ^a   Li, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphism; Litter size; Prolactin gene; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LITTER SIZE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROLACTIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58849100962     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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