One-generation divergent selection on large and small yolk proportions in a White Leghorn line

British Poultry Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-286

  Hartmann, G ^a   Johansson, K ^a   Strandberg, E ^a   Wilhelmson, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGG WHITE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034232273     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713654930     Document Type: Article

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