Inheritance of coat colour in Merino sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Renieri, C ^a   Valbonesi, A ^a   La Manna, V ^a   Antonini, M ^b   Lauvergne, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c CRJ   (France)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Merino sheep; Segregation analyses

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36248995921     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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