Mass Selection for 70-Day Body Weight in Rabbits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1481-1489

  Lukefahr, S D ^a,c   Odi, H B ^a   Atakora, J K A ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ghana   (Ghana)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Correlation; Growth; Heritability; Rabbits; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030183869     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471481x     Document Type: Article

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