Mapping QTL for fat area ratios and serum leptin concentrations in a Duroc purebred population

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Uemoto, Yoshinobu ^a   Soma, Yusuke ^b   Sato, Shuji ^a   Shibata, Tomoya ^c   Kadowaki, Hiroshi ^c   Katoh, Kazuo ^b   Kobayashi, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Keiichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Miyagi Prefectural Animal Industry Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duroc pig; Fat area ratios; Image analysis; Quantitative trait loci; Serum leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOTYPE; LEPTIN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84856793948     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2011.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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