Inbreeding and inbreeding depression on reproduction and production traits of White Leghorn lines selected for egg production traits

British Poultry Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-208

  Sewalem, A ^a,b   Johansson, K ^a   Wilhelmson, M ^a   Lillpers, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EGGS; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVIPOSITION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033127749     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669987601     Document Type: Article

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