Genetic and phenotypic parameters of litter size traits in the blue fox (alopex lagopus)

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-64

  Valberg, Nordrum ^a   Nina, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 0038873547     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709609410925     Document Type: Article

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