Long-Term Selection for Body Weight in Japanese Quail under Different Environments

Poultry Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1198-1203

  Marks, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Genotype by environment interactions; Growth; Japanese quail; Long term selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030256851     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0751198     Document Type: Article

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