Morphological evolution and heritability estimates for some biometric traits in the Murgese horse breed

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Dario, C ^a   Carnicella, D ^a   Dario, M ^a   Bufano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometric traits; Heritability; Horse; Murgese

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HORSE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BREEDING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HORSES; ITALY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33745608967     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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