Mice selected for high (H6) and low (L6) 6-week body weight and a randombred control population (C1) were characterized for rate, composition and efficiency of growth. Individual body weights were obtained from birth to 8 weeks of age on 682 mice representative of the three lines. Individual whole c
QTLs for pre- and postweaning body weight and body composition in selected mice
β Scribed by Gudrun A. Brockmann; Ersin Karatayli; Chris S. Haley; Ulla Renne; Oswald J. Rottmann; Steffanie Karle
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0938-8990
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