Infertility and candidate gene markers for fertility in stallions: A review

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Giesecke, Katrin ^a   Sieme, Harald ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Fertility; Horse genome assembly; Microsatellites; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Stallion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; FOLLISTATIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; PROLACTIN; RELAXIN; GENETIC MARKER;

AUTOSOME; BREEDING SUCCESS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CRYPTORCHISM; FERTILIZATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HORMONE ACTION; HORSE DISEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MARKER GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; STALLION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; HORSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; FERTILITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; HORSES; MALE;

EID: 77955280832     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.024     Document Type: Review

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