Effects of individual gene heterozygosity on growth traits in swine

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 431-436

  Jiang, Xun Ping ^a,b   Xiong, Yuan Zhu ^a   Liu, Gui Qiong ^b   Deng, Chang Yah ^a   Qu, Yan Chun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Heterosis; Individual gene heterozygosity; Liveweight; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; GROWTH; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038823871     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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