Growth and muscle characteristics of a growth selected line of Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), a control line and reciprocal crosses between them

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-47

  Burke, W H ^a   Henry, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Coturmix; Genetic selection; Muscle fiber characteristics; Quail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FEMUR; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0032880354     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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