Survival of the thriftiest: Restricted nurture reveals the thrifty nature of a growth gene in Bos indicus

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1032-1044

  Dani, S U ^a   Dani, M A C ^a,b   Freire, I L ^c   Gouvea, S P ^d   Knackfuss, F B ^e   Lima, F P ^e   Mercadante, M E Z ^a   Monteiro, E ^a   Paggiaro, S M G ^d   Razook, A G ^e   Yehia, H C ^a,c  

^a Excegen Genética SA ^*  (Brazil)

^b Coarana Biotecnologia Ltda ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Genon Genética Ltda   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Dietary restriction; Growth hormone; Longevity; Marker assisted selection; Thrifty gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE; GROWTH HORMONE, BOVINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN; WILD TYPE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINAE; DIET; GENETICS; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77954441358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol9-2gmr844     Document Type: Article

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