Gene flow in a national cross-breeding beef population

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1874-1886

  Todd, D L ^a   Woolliams, J A ^a   Roughsedge, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal breeding; beef cattle; breeds; gene flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80955132723     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001017     Document Type: Article

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