Behaviour genetics of the domestic pig

The Genetics of the Pig: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 200-217

  Johnson, Anna K ^a   McGlone, John J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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