A Simulation Model Including Ovulation Rate, Potential Embryonic Viability, and Uterine Capacity to Explain Litter Size in Mice: I. Model Development and Implementation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 641-651

  Ribeiro, E L D A ^a,c   Nielsen, M K ^a   Bennett, G L ^b   Leymaster, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Universidade de Londrina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Litter Size; Mice; Ovulation Rate; Selection; Simulation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWINE; UTERUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SWINE; UTERUS;

EID: 0031093794     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.753641x     Document Type: Article

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