Identification and analysis of MC4R polymorphisms and their association with economic traits of Korean cattle (Hanwoo)

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3597-3601

  Kong, Hong Sik ^a   Seong, Jiyeon ^a   Suh, Dong Sang ^a   Park, Kyung Do ^b   Lee, Hak Kyo ^a  

^a Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Economic trait; Hanwoo; Korean cattle; MC4R; Single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTINE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA;

BOS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84862989352     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1133-3     Document Type: Article

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