Identification of candidate genes controlling porcine female reproductive traits

Three-generation pedigrees, in which the founders were Meishan and Large White purebred pigs, were used to identify QTL for female reproductive performance. The Chinese Meishan is one of the most prolific pig breeds known, farrowing up to five more piglets per litter than the European commercial Lar...

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Main Author: King, Annemarie H.
Published: University of Edinburgh 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653425