Genome-wide identification of QTL for age at puberty in gilts using a large intercross F2 population between White Duroc x Erhualian

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-539

  Yang, Guangcheng ^a   Ren, Jun ^a   Li, Shijun ^a   Mao, Huirong ^a   Guo, Yuanmei ^a   Zou, Zhengzhi ^a   Ren, Dongren ^a   Ma, Junwu ^a   Huang, Lusheng ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age at puberty; Erhualian; Quantitative trait loci; White Duroc

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE STRUCTURE; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PIG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 50049110218     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2008019     Document Type: Article

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