Estimates of Heritabilities and Genetic and Environmental Correlations for Left- And Right-Side Uterine Capacity and Ovulation Rate in Mice

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 529-534

  Nielsen, M K ^a,c   Kirby, Y L Kochera ^a,d   Clutter, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c A218 Animal Science ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Correlation; Heritability; Mice; Ovulation Rate; Uterine Capacity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UTERUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREEDING; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030096924     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.743529x     Document Type: Article

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