Inheritance of the naked gene and associations with postweaning performance and thermotolerance characters in fryer rabbits from an F2 generation

World Rabbit Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Jackson, R ^a   Rogers, A D ^a   Lukefahr, S D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fur; Growth; Rabbits; Thermoregulation; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33750967330     PISSN: 12575011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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