Assessment of DGAT1 and LEP gene polymorphisms in three Nelore (Bos indicus) lines selected for growth and their relationship with growth and carcass traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-441

  Souza, F R P ^a,d   Mercadante, M E Z ^b   Fonseca, L F S ^a   Ferreira, L M S ^a   Regatieri, I C ^a   Ayres, D R ^a   Tonhati, H ^a   Silva, S L ^c   Razook, A G ^b   Albuquerque, L G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Zootecnia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Molecular marker; Productive trait; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; LEPTIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LEPTIN; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BOS INDICUS;

EID: 75949100075     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2174     Document Type: Article

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