Polymorphisms of the pro-opiomelanocortin and agouti-related protein genes and their association with chicken production traits

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 7533-7539

  Bai, Yichun ^a   Sun, Guirong ^a   Kang, Xiangtao ^a   Han, Ruili ^a   Tian, Yadong ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Wei, Yang ^a   Zhu, Shikang ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AGRP; Association; Polymorphism; POMC; Production trait

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRP GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POMPC GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER LOSS;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGOUTI;

EID: 84864280779     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1587-y     Document Type: Article

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