Association analysis between variants in bovine NPY gene and growth traits in Nanyang cattle (Bos tarus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-192

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Zhang, Ai Ling ^a,c   Zhang, Liang Zhi ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Zhang, Chun Lei ^a,d   Lan, Xian Yong ^a   Chen, Hong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cattle; Growth traits; Neuropeptide Y; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BOS TARUS; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH PERIOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 78650305883     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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