Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting female reproductive traits in a multigeneration Meishan-White composite swine population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1385-1391

  Rohrer, G A ^a   Ford, J J ^a   Wise, T H ^a   Vallet, J L ^a   Christenson, R K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ovulation Rate; Pigs; Puberty; Quantitative Traits; Reproduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SWINE;

EID: 0033144042     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7761385x     Document Type: Article

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