DNA polymorphism of leptin gene in Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle

Leptin plays an important role in the regulation of feed intake, energy metabolism, growth and reproduction of cattle. We used the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique to screen for DNA polymorphisms of the leptin gene in 403 cattle belonging to var...

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Main Authors: Vivek Choudhary, Pushpendra Kumar, Tarun K. Bhattacharya, Bharat Bhushan, Arjava Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2005-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572005000500014