Correlated responses in body composition to divergent selection for exponential growth rate to 14 or 42 days of age in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 932-938

  Sizemore, F G ^a,b   Barbato, G F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Correlated response; Growth; Selection

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036632949     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.7.932     Document Type: Article

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