MwoI and SmaI RFLPs polymorphisms of porcine obese gene and their association with carcass and meat characteristics of heavy pigs;MwoI e SmaI RFLPs all'interno del gene obese (leptina) suino

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Floris, Romina ^a   Stefanon, Bruno ^b   Pallavicini, Alberto ^a   Susmel, Piero ^b   Graziosi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ham; Leptin; Obese gene; Pig; RFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548502509     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2004.211     Document Type: Article

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