Association of EphA4 polymorphism with swine reproductive traits and mRNA expression of EphA4 during embryo implantation

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2689-2696

  Fu, Yanfeng ^a   Fu, Jinluan ^a   Wang, Aiguo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EphA4; Expression; Implantation; Litter size; Pig; SNP

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN PRODUCING HEPATOCELLULAR RECEPTOR A4 GENE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LARGE INTESTINE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRAIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMALL INTESTINE; SOW (SWINE); STOMACH;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; LINEAR MODELS; LITTER SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84863836965     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1023-8     Document Type: Article

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