Frequency of the Rendement Napole RN- allele in a population of American Hampshire pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1811-1815

  Miller, K D ^a   Ellis, M ^a   McKeith, F K ^a   Bidner, B S ^a   Meisinger, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b National Pork Producers Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Meat Quality; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GLYCOLYSIS; MALE; MEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLYCOLYSIS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE;

EID: 0034221610     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7871811x     Document Type: Article

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