Direct and Correlated Responses to Selection for Efficiency of Lean Gain in Mice

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-581

  Holder, R B ^a,b   Moura, A S A M T ^a   Lamberson, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Body Lean Mass; Mice; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOUSE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033090171     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.773575x     Document Type: Article

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