Genetics of Growth and Reproduction in the Turkey. 13. Effects of Repeated Backcrossing of an Egg Line to Two Sire Lines

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-235

  Nestor, K E ^a   Noble, D O ^a   Emmerson, D A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backcrosses; Body weight; Dam lines; Egg production; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS BREEDING; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; EGGS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OVIPOSITION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURKEYS;

EID: 0031068791     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.2.227     Document Type: Article

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