Article
RFLPs for somatotropic genes identify quantitative trait loci for growth in mice.
Genetics - 1 Aug 1992
Winkelman D C, Hodgetts R B
Abstract excerpt
Restriction fragment length polymorphisms for somatotropic genes were tested for associations with body weight and postweaning growth rate in mice. Polymorphisms for growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2) genes were identified in stock population lines which had been subjected to long-term selection for high 42-day body weight (H lines) or randomly mated (FP and C lines). Two F2 populations...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Growth
- Growth Hormone
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
- Male
- Mice
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Species Specificity