Heritabilities of and correlations among part- and annual traits in pure- and cross-line White Leghorns

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 806-810

  Singh, N P ^a,b   Chaudhary, M C ^a   Brah, G S ^a   Sandhu, J S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AI Centre   (India)

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