The SNPs of melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) associated with body weight in beagle dogs

Experimental Animals

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-78

  Zeng, Ruixia ^a   Zhang, YiBo ^a   Du, Peng ^b  

^a JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GANSU PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Beagle dogs; Body weight; MC4R; SNP

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; BODY WEIGHT; CODON, NONSENSE; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THREONINE;

EID: 84896725058     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.63.73     Document Type: Article

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