Genomics and Fertility in Stallions

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 467-470

  Sieme, Harald ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Horse genome assembly; Next generation sequencing; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Stallion fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864944631     PISSN: 07370806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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