Animal Genetics

Myostatin and its implications on animal breeding: a review
pp. 1-6(6)
Authors: R. H. S. Bellinge; D. A. Liberles; S. P. A. Iaschi; P. A. O'Brien; G. K. Tay

The phylogeny of Chinese indigenous pig breeds inferred from microsatellite markers
pp. 7-13(7)
Authors: M. Fang; X. Hu; T. Jiang; M. Braunschweig; L. Hu; Z. Du; J. Feng; Q. Zhang; C. Wu; N. Li

Detection of quantitative trait loci for androstenone, skatole and boar taint in a cross between Large White and Meishan pigs
pp. 14-22(9)
Authors: G. J. Lee; A. L. Archibald; A. S. Law; S. Lloyd; J. Wood; C. S. Haley

Using mitochondrial nucleotide sequences to investigate diversity and genealogical relationships within common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)
pp. 23-28(6)
Authors: B. T. Thai; C. P. Burridge; T. A. Pham; C. M. Austin

Introgression of chukar genes into a reintroduced red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) population in central Italy
pp. 29-35(7)
Authors: M. Baratti; M. Ammannati; C. Magnelli; F. Dessì-Fulgheri

Mapping and association studies of diabetes related genes in the pig
pp. 36-42(7)
Authors: C. J. Otieno; J. Bastiaansen; A. M. Ramos; M. F. Rothschild

Genetic variation within and among domesticated Atlantic salmon broodstocks in British Columbia, Canada
pp. 43-50(8)
Authors: R. E. Withler; K. J. Supernault; K. M. Miller

Sequence analysis of 0.4 megabases of the rabbit germline immunoglobulin kappa1 light chain locus
pp. 51-57(7)
Authors: F. Ros; N. Reichenberger; T. Dragicevic; W. C. A. van Schooten; R. Buelow; J. Platzer

Effects of polymorphic microsatellites in the regulatory region of IGF1 and GHR on growth and carcass traits in beef cattle
pp. 58-62(5)
Authors: R. A. Curi; H. N. Oliveira; A. C. Silveira; C. R. Lopes

Characterization of bovine FAS-associated death domain gene
pp. 63-66(4)
Authors: M. E. Szperka; E. E. Connor; M. J. Paape; J. L. Williams; D. D. Bannerman

Localizing the X-linked orange colour phenotype using feline resource families
pp. 67-70(4)
Authors: R. A. Grahn; B. M. Lemesch; L. V. Millon; T. Matise; Q. R. Rogers; J. G. Morris; N. Fretwell; S. J. Bailey; R. M. Batt; L. A. Lyons

Chromosomal localization of 15 HSA3p14–p21 Not I clones on GGA12: orthology of a chicken microchromosome to a gene-rich region of HSA3
pp. 71-73(3)
Authors: A. A. Sazanov; M. N. Romanov; A. L. Sazanova; V. A. Stekol'nikova; A. A. Kozyreva; T. Malewski; A. F. Smirnov

Isolation, polymorphism studies and radiation hybrid mapping of the porcine homologue of human membrane-associated protein (CT120) gene
pp. 73-74(2)
Authors: L. Lin; K. Li; M. Yu; B. Fan; M. Yerle; B. Liu

The bovine cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript locus: gene characterization and SNP discovery
pp. 74-75(2)
Authors: E. Valle; S. S. Moore; O. Jann; J. L. Williams; D. H. Crews; B. F. Benkel

Assignment of the acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) gene to porcine chromosome X
pp. 76-76(1)
Authors: A. Mercade; A. Sanchez; J. M. Folch

Map assignments of 373 previously unreported porcine microsatellites
pp. 76-86(11)
Authors: S. Fahrenkrug; M. Wagner; L. Morrison; L. J. Alexander

The leptin C73T missense mutation is not associated with marbling and fatness traits in a large gene mapping experiment in Australian cattle
pp. 86-88(3)
Authors: W. Barendse; R. J. Bunch; B. E. Harrison

Mapping of the porcine suppressor of cytokine signalling 3 gene to chromosome 12 using somatic cell and radiation hybrid panels
pp. 88-90(3)
Authors: S.-H. Zhao; C. K. Tuggle

Somatic cell hybrid and RH mapping of the tachykinin 3 gene to porcine chromosome 5
pp. 90-91(2)
Authors: S.-J. Li; S.-H. Zhao; C. K. Tuggle

Null allele at the OarAE129 locus and corresponding allele frequencies in German sheep breeds
pp. 92-92(1)
Authors: Ch. Peter; E.-M. Prinzenberg; G. Erhardt

Corrigendum
pp. 93-93(1)

Instructions to authors
pp. 94-96(3)