Animal Genetics - Volume 42 - Issue 2

* Short Communications

Sequence variants in the bovine nucleophosmin 1 gene, their linkage and their associations with body weight in native cattle breeds in China
Y. Z. Huang, H. He, J. Wang, Z. J. Li, X. Y. Lan, C. Z. Lei, E. P. Zhang, C. L. Zhang, J. Q. Wang, Q. W. Shen and H. Chen
Article first published online: 29 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02184.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02184.x/abstract)

* Original Articles

Novel polymorphisms in ovine immune response genes and their association with abortion
R. J. Darlay, A. J. McCarthy, N. E. Illot, J. E. Smith and M.‐A. Shaw
Article first published online: 29 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02180.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02180.x/abstract)

* Short Communications

Genotypechecker: an interactive tool for checking the inheritance consistency of genotyped pedigrees
T. Paterson and A. Law
Article first published online: 24 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02183.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02183.x/abstract)

* Original Articles

Transcriptional profiling during foetal skeletal muscle development of Piau and Yorkshire–Landrace cross‐bred pigs
B. P. Sollero, S. E. F. Guimarães, V. D. Rilington, R. J. Tempelman, N. E. Raney, J. P. Steibel, J. D. Guimarães, P. S. Lopes, M. S. Lopes and C. W. Ernst
Article first published online: 24 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02186.x
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02186.x/abstract)