Heterosis and epistasis for teat number and fluctuating asymmetry in crosses between Jiaxing and Iberian pigs

Heredity

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-227

  Fernandez A ^a   Toro, M ^a   Rodriguez C ^a   Silio L ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Heterosis; Iberian pig; Recombination effect; Teat number

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; PIG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRID VIGOR; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 3543102119     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800498     Document Type: Article

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