African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Detection of MspI polymorphism and the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of GH gene in camel breeds reared in Egypt

Sekena H. Abd El-Aziem
  • Sekena H. Abd El-Aziem
  • Cell Biology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki - Giza ? Egypt.
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Heba A.M. Abd El-Kader
  • Heba A.M. Abd El-Kader
  • Cell Biology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki - Giza ? Egypt.
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Sally S. Alam
  • Sally S. Alam
  • Cell Biology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki - Giza ? Egypt.
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Othman E. Othman*
  • Othman E. Othman*
  • Cell Biology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki - Giza ? Egypt.
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  •  Received: 15 December 2014
  •  Accepted: 16 February 2015
  •  Published: 04 March 2015

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