A strategy for QTL detection in half-sib populations

Animal Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-268

  De Koning, D J ^a,c   Visscher, P M ^b   Knott, S A ^b   Haley, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Gene mapping; Milk protein; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032187255     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800010018     Document Type: Article

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