Analysis of Association between the MUC4 g.8227C>G Polymorphism and Production Traits in Italian Heavy Pigs Using a Selective Genotyping Approach

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-155

  Fontanesi, Luca ^a   Bertolini, Francesca ^a   Dall'Olio, Stefania ^a   Buttazzoni, Luca ^b   Gallo, Maurizio ^c   Russo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Agronomia Foreste e Territorio   (Italy)

^c Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Suini ANAS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Italian heavy pigs; MUC4; Selective genotyping; SNP

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; MUCIN 4; PILI, BACTERIAL RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUCIN-4; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84864990972     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2011.653462     Document Type: Article

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