Epistasis for founder-specific inbreeding depression in rabbits

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-164

  Casellas, Joaquim ^a   Vidal Roqueta, Dolors ^b   Flores, Eva ^c   Casellas Vidal, Dolors ^d   Llach Vila, Marçal ^b   Salgas Fina, Roser ^b   Casellas Molas, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Can Quim Maret Farm ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

epistasis; inbreeding; MARET rabbit; weaning weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; RABBITS; WEANING;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79951982722     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq117     Document Type: Article

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