Inheritance of litter size at birth in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora, Soricidae)

Genetical Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Aulchenko, Yu S ^a,b   Oda, S I ^c   Rogatcheva, M B ^a,c   Borodin, P M ^a,b   Axenovich, T I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC MODEL; HYBRID; INHERITANCE; INSECTIVORE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PEDIGREE; SHREWS;

INSECTIVORA; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

EID: 0031804686     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397003108     Document Type: Article

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