Candidate genes for milk production traits in Portuguese dairy sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Ramos, A M ^a   Matos, C A P ^b   Russo Almeida, P A ^a   Bettencourt, C M V ^b   Matos, J ^c   Martins, A ^a   Pinheiro, C ^d   Rangel Figueiredo, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Experimentação do Baixo Alentejo Herdade da Abóbada   (Portugal)

^c INETI   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Milk production; Prolactin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349167730     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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