Polymorphisms of coding region of BMPR-IB gene and their relationship with litter size in sheep

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4071-4076

  Chu, Mingxing ^a   Jia, Lihua ^b   Zhang, Yingjie ^c   Jin, Mei ^d   Chen, Hongquan ^b   Fang, Li ^a   Di, Ran ^a   Cao, Guiling ^a   Feng, Tao ^a   Tang, Qianqian ^a   Ma, Yuehui ^a   Li, Kui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein receptor IB gene; PCR SSCP; Prolificacy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR IB GENE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; BREEDING; GENE FREQUENCY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LITTER SIZE; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052504675     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0526-z     Document Type: Article

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