Direct and correlated responses to selection for 4-week body weight in two lines of Japanese quails

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-108

  Brah, Gurvinder S ^a   Chaudhary, Moti L ^a   Sandhu, Jagtar S ^a  

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Author keywords

Genetic gain; Inbreeding; Quails; Realized heritability; Selection

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EID: 0035631278     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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