Responses to restricted index selection and genetic parameters for fat androstenone level and sexual maturity status of young boars
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 63 (3), 265-274
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-6226(99)00127-x
Abstract
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