Effects of porcine leptin receptor gene polymorphisms on backfat thickness, fat area ratios by image analysis, and serum leptin concentrations in a Duroc purebred population

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 375-385

  Uemoto, Yoshinobu ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Nakano, Hikaru ^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

Backfat thickness; Duroc pig; Fat area ratios; Leptin receptor gene; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEPTIN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84860888305     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2011.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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