Breed assignment test in four Italian beef cattle breeds

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Dalvit, C ^a   De Marchi, M ^a   Dal Zotto, R ^a   Gervaso, M ^a   Meuwissen, T ^b   Cassandro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Assignment test; Beef breeds; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

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EID: 49649101627     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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