Quantitative trait loci for leg weakness traits in a Landrace purebred population

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Uemoto, Yoshinobu ^a   Sato, Shuji ^a   Ohnishi, Chika ^a   Hirose, Kensuke ^b   Kameyama, Kenji ^b   Fukawa, Kazuo ^b   Kudo, Osamu ^c   Kobayashi, Eiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b Zen noh Embryo Transfer Center   (Japan)

^c Zennoh Livestock co ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Half sib population; Leg weakness traits; Quantitative trait locus; Swine

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME; FORELIMB; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES; FORELIMB; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 76749098199     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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