Article
Isolation and imprinting analysis of the porcine DLX5 gene and its association with carcass traits.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Cheng H C, Zhang F W, Jiang C D, Li F E, Xiong Y Z, Deng C Y
Abstract excerpt
Imprinted genes play important roles in mammalian growth and development. However, reports on imprinted genes are limited in livestock. In this study, the complete ORF containing 289 amino acids of the porcine DLX5 gene was obtained. A C-to-T SNP mutation in exon 1 of the DLX5 gene was used to detect imprinting status with an RT-PCR/RFLP test (using HhaI) in eight heterozygous pigs from a population of Large...
Topics
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- Gene Expression
- Genomic Imprinting
- Genotype
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Meat
- Open Reading Frames
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sus scrofa
- Transcription Factors