Genetic parameters for Finnish blue fox population: Litter size, age at first insemination and pelt size

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-146

  Peura, Jussi ^a   Strandén, Ismo ^b   Mäntysaari, Esa A ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Pig Test Station   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Fur animals; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Pelt size; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 35248889908     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960607782219283     Document Type: Article

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