Direct and correlated responses to individual selection for large adult weight in the edible snail Helix aspersa Muller

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-85

  Dupont Nivet, Mathilde ^a   Mallard, J ^b   Bonnet, J C ^a   Blanc, J M ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Ecl Natl Sup Agronom de Rennes   (France)

^c Station d'Hydrobiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIBERNATION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); SNAILS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 0034659942     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20000615)287:1<80::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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