Mapping QTL for porcine muscle fibre traits in a white duroc × Erhualian F2 resource population

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 468-474

  Li, W B ^a   Ren, J ^a   Zhu, W C ^a   Guo, B L ^a   Yang, B ^a   Liu, L T ^a   Ding, N S ^a   Ma, J W ^a   Li, L ^a   Huang, L S ^a  

^a JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Muscle fibre traits; Pig; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 73449090444     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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