Phenotypic characterisation of extreme growth-selected mouse lines: An important prerequisite for future QTL analysis

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-375

  Renne, Ulla ^a   Dietl, Gerhard ^a   Langhammer, Martina ^a   Rehfeldt, Charlotte ^a   Nürnberg, Karin ^a   Kuhla, Siegfried ^a   Bünger, Lutz ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body conformation; Growth; Long term; Mouse; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748310695     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-006-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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