Directional and anteroposterior asymmetry of common white markings in the legs of the Arabian horse: Response to selection

Genetica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-208

  Woolf, Charles M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior asymmetry; Arabian horse; Common white markings; Directional asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0031403451     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018366122913     Document Type: Article

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