Body composition in non-reproductive adult males and females in a long-term selection experiment for litter size in mice

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-204

  Rauw, W M ^a,b   Knap, P W ^a,c   Verstegen, M W A ^a,d   Luiting, P ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c PIC Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035611346     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.2001.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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