Genomic characteristics of performance traits and adaptation to heat stress in desert Barki sheep

Aboul-Naga, Adel M.; Abdel-Shafy, Hamdy; Melak, Sherif; Gamal, Layaly; Mustafa, Shimaa H.; Abousoliman, Ibrahim

doi:10.5194/aab-68-681-2025

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Genomic characteristics of performance traits and adaptation to heat stress in desert Barki sheep

Adel M. Aboul-Naga, Hamdy Abdel-Shafy, Sherif Melak, Layaly Gamal, Shimaa H. Mustafa, and Ibrahim Abousoliman

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