Polymorphic variants within a putative upstream open reading frame of the MC4R gene do not affect body weight of farmed red foxes

Anim Genet. 2012 Aug;43(4):480-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02279.x. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Authors

J Nowacka-Woszuk¹, A Skorczyk, K Flisikowski, M Szydlowski, M Switonski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland.

PMID: 22497488
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02279.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Foxes / genetics*
Gene Frequency
Genomics / methods
Genotype
Male
Open Reading Frames / genetics*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / genetics*
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / metabolism
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4