Accurate determination of phenotypic information from historic thoroughbred horses by single base extension

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Campana, Michael G ^a   Mark Whitten, C ^b,d   Edwards, Ceiridwen J ^c,e   Stock, Frauke ^c   Murphy, Angela M ^b   Binns, Matthew M ^b,f   Barker, Graeme W W ^a   Bower, Mim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Equine Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; DNA; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE ASSOCIATED TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXTENSION GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORSE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BASE EXTENSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EQUIDAE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HORSES; PALEONTOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78649912511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015172     Document Type: Article

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