Letter to the editor: Inbreeding or population structure?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3323-3324

  Hedrick, Phil ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NOTE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; SHEEP;

EID: 84867904832     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-5133     Document Type: Letter

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