Genetic relationships among pig behavior, growth, backfat, and loin muscle area

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2767-2773

  Velie, B D ^a,b   Maltecca, C ^a   Cassady, J P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Colorado Northwestern Community College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Backtest; Correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 70249140947     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1328     Document Type: Article

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