The role of bovine causal genes underlying dairy traits in Spanish Churra sheep

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Garcia Fernandez M ^a   Gutierrez Gil B ^a   Sanchez J P ^a   Moran J A ^a   Garcia Gamez E ^a   Alvarez L ^a   Arranz, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABCG2; candidate gene; dairy sheep; DGAT1; growth hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MILK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SPAIN;

BOS; BOVINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960350911     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02162.x     Document Type: Article

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