Maternal influences on litter size and growth in reciprocal crossed Miniature Pigs and Durocs

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-92

  Hardge, Torsten ^b   Koepke, Karla ^a   Reissmann, Monika ^b   Wimmers, Klaus ^c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertility; Growth; Maternal effects; Pig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033481774     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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