Association Analysis between Five Microsatellite Loci and Litter Size in Small Tail Man Sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1555-1559

  Chu, M X ^a   Wang, J Z ^a,b   Wang, A G ^a,b   Li, N ^a,b   Fu, J L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Least Squares Analysis; Litter Size; Microsatellite; Polymorphism; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0345535326     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1555     Document Type: Article

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