Selection for ultrasonic muscle depth; direct and correlated response in a Norwegian experimental sheep flock
- 7 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Small Ruminant Research
- Vol. 48 (1) , 23-29
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4488(02)00291-2
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