Polymorphisms of myostatin gene (MSTN) in four goat breeds and their effects on Boer goat growth performance

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3081-3087

  Zhang, Chunyan ^d   Liu, Yun ^a   Xu, Deqing ^b   Wen, Qunying ^c   Li, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Wenmin ^a   Yang, Liguo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Boer Goat Breeding Station   (China)

^c Shiyan Municipal Bureau of Animal Husbandry   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distribution; Goat; Growth traits; Myostatin gene (MSTN); Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HETEROZYGOSITY; MSTN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GOATS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOSTATIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84863855438     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1071-0     Document Type: Article

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