Articles | Volume 58, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-217-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-217-2015
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29 May 2015
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Multiple paternity in domestic pigs under equally probable natural matings – a case study in the endangered Gochu Asturcelta pig breed

J. Menéndez, I. Álvarez, I. Fernández, B. de la Roza, and F. Goyache

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The paper is a proof of concept of multiple paternity in multiparous species.