A Study on the Prolactin Receptor 3 (PRLR3) Gene and the Retinol-binding Protein 4 (RBP4) Gene as Candidate Genes for Growth and Litter Size Traits of Berkshire in Korea
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Do, Chang-Hee
(Department of Animal Biosystem Science, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Seon-Ku (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Kang, Han-Suk (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Shin, Teak-Soon (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Lee, Hong-Gu (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Cho, Seong-Keun (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Do, Kyung-Tak (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Song, Ji-Na (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) Kim, Tae-Hun (Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics Division, National Livestock Research Institute, RDA) Choi, Bong-Hwan (Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics Division, National Livestock Research Institute, RDA) Sang, Byung-Chan (Department of Animal Biosystem Science, Chungnam National University) Joo, Yeong-Kuk (Gyeongnam Livestock Veterinary Research Institute) Park, Jun-Kyu (Gyeongnam Livestock Veterinary Research Institute) Lee, Sung-Hoon (Gyeongnam Livestock Veterinary Research Institute) Lee, Jeong-Ill (Gyeongnam Livestock Veterinary Research Institute) Park, Jeong-Suk (Gyeongnam Livestock Veterinary Research Institute) Sin, Young-Soo (Department of Animal Science, Shingu University) Kim, Byung-Woo (Institute of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Gyeongsang University) Cho, Byung-Wook (Department of Animal Science, Pusan National University) |
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