Polymorphisms in Myostatin gene and associations with growth traits in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 14956-14961

  Sun, Yanhong ^a,b   Yu, Xiaomu ^a   Tong, Jingou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.); Growth traits; Myostatin (MSTN); Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL GENETICS; BODY WEIGHT; CARP; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MYOSTATIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; MYOSTATIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84870690516     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131114956     Document Type: Note

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