Daily temporal organization of laying in Japanese quail: Variability and heritability

Chronobiology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 377-392

  Houdelier, Cécilia ^a   Guyomarc'h, Catherine ^a   Lumineau, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Heritability; Japanese quail; Laying behavior; Temporal organization; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; QUAIL; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036245345     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120002879     Document Type: Article

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