A QTL for intramuscular fat and backfat thickness is located on porcine chromosome 6

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 344-346

  Óvilo, Cristina ^a   Pérez Enciso, Miguel ^b   Barragán, Carmen ^a   Clop, Alex ^c   Rodríguez, Carmen ^a   Angels Oliver, Maria ^b   Angel Toro, Miguel ^a   Luis Noguera, Jose ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY FAT; CHROMOSOME 6; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034104042     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003350010065     Document Type: Article

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