Major genes and QTL influencing wool production and quality: A review

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Purvis, Ian William ^a   Franklin, Ian Robert ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene; Major gene; QTL; Wool production; Wool quality

Indexed keywords

KERATIN;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; KERATINS; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP; WOOL;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11444251421     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2004028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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