Horizontal gene transfer does not occur between sFat-1 transgenic pigs and nontransgenic pigs

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 667-672

  Tang, M X ^a   Zheng, X M ^a   Hou, J ^b   Qian, L L ^a   Jiang, S W ^a   Cui, W T ^a   Li, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Mating; SFat 1 gene; Suckling; Transgenic pig

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DNA; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MALE; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUCKLING; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BREEDING; DNA; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MALE; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84873101831     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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