A whole genome scanning for quantitative trait loci on traits related to sperm quality and ejaculation in pigs

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 210-218

  Xing, Yuyun ^a   Ren, Jun ^a   Ren, Dongren ^a   Guo, Yuanmei ^a   Wu, Yanbo ^a   Yang, Guangcheng ^a   Mao, Huirong ^a   Brenig, Bertram ^b   Huang, Lusheng ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ejaculation; Pig; QTL; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EJACULATION; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 67249163980     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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