Feline Genetics: Clinical Applications and Genetic Testing

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 203-212

  Lyons, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Domestic cat; Feline; Genetic testing; Mutations

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; MALE; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 78649943779     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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