Association Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Ovine DGAT1 Gene and Carcass Traits in Two Iranian Sheep Breeds

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Mohammadi, Hossein ^a   Shahrebabak, Mohammad Moradi ^a   Sadeghi, Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; DGAT1; PCR RFLP; Polymorphism; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CARCASS TRAITS; DGAT1; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; NOVEL ASSOCIATIONS; PCR-RFLP; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

NUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM;

GENES;

DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DOMESTIC SHEEP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IRAN; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; IRAN; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84879620253     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2013.763816     Document Type: Article

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