Associations between polymorphisms of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and pituitary transcription factor 1 (PIT1) genes and production traits of Limousine cattle

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-534

  Dybus, A ^a   Kmiec, M ^a   Sobek, Z ^b   Pietrzyk, W ^a   Wisniewski, B ^c  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c OHZ Chotyniec   (Poland)

Author keywords

growth hormone releasing hormone; Limousine cattle; PCR RFLP; pituitary transcription factor 1; production traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063825225     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-46-527-2003     Document Type: Article

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