The pig CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) gene and association of its microsatellite polymorphism with production traits

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Stachowiak, M ^a   Cieslak, J ^a   Skorczyk, A ^a   Nowakowska, J ^a   Szczerbal, I ^a   Szydlowski, M ^a,b   Switonski, M ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fatness; FISH mapping; Meatiness; SNP; STR

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NERVE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA PRIMERS; GENE FREQUENCY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 58849115546     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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