Identification of quantitative trait loci for prolificacy and growth in mice

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Kirkpatrick, B W ^a   Mengelt, A ^a   Schulman, N ^a   Martin, I C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOUSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GROWTH; INBREEDING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032007449     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900696     Document Type: Article

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