Break-even cost of genotyping genetic mutations affecting economic traits in Australian pig enterprises

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 235-242

  Hayes, Ben ^a,c   Goddard, Mike E ^a,b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Break even cost; Gene assisted selection; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5144227039     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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