The estrogen receptor locus is associated with a major gene influencing litter size in pigs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-205

  Rothschild, Max ^a   Jacobson, Carol ^a   Vaske, David ^a   Tuggle, Christopher ^a   Wang, Lizhen ^a   Short, Tom ^b   Eckardt, Gregg ^b   Sasaki, Shoji ^b   Vincent, Amy ^b   Mclaren, David ^b   Southwood, Olwen ^c   Van Der Steen, Hein ^c   Mileham, Alan ^d   Plastow, Graham ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENUS PLC   (United States)

^c PIC Group   (United Kingdom)

^d Dalgety Food Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MAJOR GENE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LITTER SIZE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 9044240039     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.201     Document Type: Article

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