Lessons for aquaculture breeding from livestock breeding

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-265

  Weller, Joel Ira ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; Biotechnology; Genetic trends; Livestock breeding

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33847679351     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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