A QTL study of growth and body shape in the inter-species hybrid of Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-276

  Maqbool, N J ^a   Tate, M L ^a,b   Dodds, K G ^a   Anderson, R M ^a   McEwan, K M ^a   Mathias, H C ^a   McEwan, J C ^a   Hall, R J ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b Ovita Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deer; Growth; Hybrid; Pleiotropy; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; SOMATOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEER; EXTREMITIES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LINEAR MODELS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SKULL; SOMATOTYPES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ELAPHURUS DAVIDIANUS;

EID: 34249826939     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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