Quantitative trait loci for carcass traits on pig chromosomes 4, 6, 7, 8 and 13

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Jing, Hu Zhang ^a,b   Xiong, Yuan Zhu ^a   Zuo, Bo ^a   Ming, Gang Lei ^a   Si, Wen Jiang ^a   Li, Feng E ^a   Zheng, Rong ^a   Jia Lian, Li ^a   De, Quan Xu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Pig; Quantitative trait loci; Yorkshire and Meishan resource population

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 36849040372     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03195233     Document Type: Article

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