Polymorphism of inhibin βB gene and its relationship with litter size in sheep

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-61

  Chu, Mingxing ^a   Zhuang, Haibin ^b   Zhang, Yingjie ^c   Jin, Mei ^d   Li, Xuewei ^b   Di, Ran ^a   Cao, Guiling ^a   Feng, Tao ^a   Fang, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inhibin B gene; PCR SSCP; Prolificacy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LITTER SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SHEEP;

BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79251531662     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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