Association of variation in the ovine KAP1.1, KAP1.3 and K33 genes with wool traits

International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Itenge, Theopoline O ^a   Hickford, Jon G H ^b   Forrest, Rachel H J ^b   McKenzie, Grant W ^c   Frampton, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allele; KAP; Keratin; KRT; PCR; Sheep; SSCP; Wool

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84858112044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18328679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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