The effects of estrogen receptor locus on reproductive tracts components and performance traits in Large WhitexMeishan F2 offspring

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1223-1226

  Fenge, Li ^a   Minggang, Lei ^a   Rong, Zheng ^a   Bo, Zuo ^a   Siwen, Jiang ^a,b   Changyan, Deng ^a,b   Yuanzhu, Xiong ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Estrogen Receptor Gene; Female Reproductive Tract Components; Performance Traits; Pigs; PvuII Locus

Indexed keywords

SIGANUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5444222101     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1223     Document Type: Article

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