A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting male reproductive traits in a White Duroc × Chinese Erhualian resource population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Ren, D R ^a   Ren, J ^a   Xing, Y Y ^a   Guo, Y M ^a   Wu, Y B ^a   Yang, G C ^a   Mao, H R ^a   Huang, L S ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boar; Quantitative trait loci; Reproductive trait

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS;

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; GENOME; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCTION; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 60549114918     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0923     Document Type: Article

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