Preliminary results on associations between leptin gene (LEP) and some reproduction performance traits of boars

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Kmieć, Marek ^a   Kulig, Hanna ^a   Konik, Andrzej ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boars; LEP; Leptin gene; Semen characters; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037277454     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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