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Genetic analysis of growth traits in Iranian Makuie sheep breed

Shoja JafariDepartment of Animal Science, Urmia University, Iran
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Ali HashemiDepartment of Animal Science, Urmia University, Iran
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Ghader ManafiazarWest Azerbaijan Agriculture and Natural Resource Center, Urmia, Iran;Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Reza DarvishzadehDepartment of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Urmia University, Iran
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Sarrain RazzagzadehApplied Science institute, Ankara University, Turkey
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Mohammad FarhadianYoung Researchers Club, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoy, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: e18 | Received 30 Nov 2011, Accepted 26 Jan 2012, Published online: 18 Feb 2016

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