A Missense Mutation in the Rabbit Melanocortin 4 Receptor (MC4R) Gene is Associated with Finisching Weight in a Meat Rabbit Line

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-277

  Fontanesi, Luca ^a   Scotti, Emilio ^a   Cisarova, Katarina ^a   Battista, Piero Di ^a   Dall'Olio, Stefania ^a   Fornasini, Daniela ^b   Frabetti, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro Genetica Conigli (Rabbit Genetic Center)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association study; Growth rate; MC4R; Meat rabbit; SNP

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS; CANDIDATE GENES; EXTRACELLULAR; FLANKING REGIONS; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; MC4R; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SNP;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; GROWTH RATE;

GENES;

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEAT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; RABBIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RABBITS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 84882719674     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: 15322378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2013.781034     Document Type: Article

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