Sequence Variations in the Bovine IGF-I and IGFBP3 Genes and Their Association with Growth and Development Traits in Chinese Beef Cattle

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 717-722

  GAO, Xue ^a   SHI, Ming yan ^a,b   XU, Xiu rong ^c   LI, Jun ya ^a   REN, Hong yan ^a   XU, Shang zhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b LUOYANG NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

beef cattle; growth and development traits; IGF I gene; IGFBP3 gene; PCR SSCP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 67449126867     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60270-9     Document Type: Article

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