Investigation of gene and microsatellite heterozygosities correlated to growth rate in the Chinese Meishan pig

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 927-932

  Jiang, X P ^a   Liu, G Q ^a,b   Xiong, Y Z ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Associative Overdominance; Growth Trait; Heterozygosity; Pig

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 22944451145     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.927     Document Type: Article

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