Exploring major gene-marker phase-typing strategies in marker-assisted selection schemes

Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-227

  Marshall, K ^a   Van Der Werf, J H J ^a   Henshall, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Linkage; Quantitative trait loci; Selection; Sheepmeat industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942542338     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s135772980005400x     Document Type: Article

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