Heterosis and developmental stability of body and organ weights at hatch for parental line broiler breeders and specific crosses among them

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 942-948

  Yang, A ^a   Emmerson, D A ^a   Dunnington, E A ^a   Siegel, P B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Developmental stability; Heart:lung ratios; Heterosis; Organ weights

Indexed keywords

FABRICIUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033160631     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.7.942     Document Type: Article

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