The effect of estrogen receptor genotype on litter size and placental traits at term in F2 crossbred gilts

Theriogenology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1635-1649

  Van Rens, Birgitte T T M ^a   De Groot, Piet N ^a   Van der Lende, Tette ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Areolae; Estrogen receptor gene; Litter size; Meishan; Pig; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST AREOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LABOR; LITTER SIZE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SWINE; HISTOLOGY;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LITTER SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SWINE;

EID: 0036525819     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00671-4     Document Type: Article

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