Genetic diversity of selected genes that are potentially economically important in feral sheep of New Zealand

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McKenzie, Grant W ^a   Abbott, Johanna ^b   Zhou, Huitong ^a   Fang, Qian ^a   Merrick, Norma ^a   Forrest, Rachel H ^c   Sedcole, J Richard ^a   Hickford, Jonathan G ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Environment Canterbury   (New Zealand)

^c EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FERAL ORGANISM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHEEP;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQA2; HLA-DQA2; KERATIN TYPE I;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECONOMICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; KERATINS, TYPE I; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 79953332209     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-42-43     Document Type: Article

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