Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Carcass Composition in Swine: II. Muscling and Wholesale Product Yield Traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2255-2262

  Rohrer, G A ^a   Keele, J W ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomes; Mapping; Muscles; Pigs; Quantitative Traits

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SWINE;

EID: 0032153104     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692255x     Document Type: Article

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