High prolificacy in Belle-Ile sheep (Brittany, France): Major effects of a putative single gene and the A(wh) colour gene on ovulation rate and litter size

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-484

  Malher, Xavier ^a   Le Chère, Anne Karine ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Colour gene; Litter size; Major gene; Ovulation rate; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; LITTER SIZE; MAJOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP;

EID: 0032461492     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:19980411     Document Type: Article

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