Is there a leptin gene in the chicken genome? Lessons from phylogenetics, bioinformatics and genomics

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Pitel, Frédérique ^a   Faraut, Thomas ^a   Bruneau, Gilles ^b   Monget, Philippe ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLADISTICS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EDITORIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 77952552882     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.10.006     Document Type: Editorial

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