Study on candidate gene for fecundity traits in Xingjiang Cele black sheep

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 8498-8505

  Shi, Hongcai ^a,b   Bai, Jie ^b,c   Niu, Zhigang ^b   Muniresha, ^d   Fen, Lijun ^a,b   Jia, Bin ^a  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Livestock Reproduction   (China)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Bureau of Husbandry and Veterinary   (China)

Author keywords

BMP15; BMPR IB; Cele black sheep; ESR ; Fecundity candidate gene; GDF9

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650118187     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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