Evaluation of marker assisted selection in pig enterprises

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 197-211

  Hayes, Ben ^a   Goddard, Mike E ^a,b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marker assisted selection; Pig enterprise; Profitability; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037947664     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00257-9     Document Type: Article

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