Quantitative trait loci underlying milk production traits in sheep

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-434

  Gutierrez Gil B ^a   El Zarei, M F ^a   Alvarez, L ^a   Bayon Y ^a   De La Fuente, L F ^a   San Primitivo, F ^a   Arranz, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daughter design; Milk production; Quantitative trait locus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67849110322     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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