Divergent Selection for Heat Loss in Mice: II. Correlated Responses in Feed Intake, Body Mass, Body Composition, and Number Born Through Fifteen Generations

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1469-1476

  Nielsen, M K ^a   Freking, B A ^a   Jones, L D ^a   Nelson, S M ^a,b   Vorderstrasse, T L ^a,c   Hussey, B A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Feed Intake; Heat Loss; Litter Size; Mice; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; EATING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; EATING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031154228     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7561469x     Document Type: Article

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