Response to three generations of selection for increased body weight in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, grown in earthen ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Rezk, Mahmoud A ^a,c   Smitherman, R Oneal ^a   Williams, John C ^a   Nichols, Amy ^a,b   Kucuktas, Huseyin ^a   Dunham, Rex A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ICLARM Reg Res Ctr Africa W Asia   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Body weight; Channel catfish; Heritability; Ictalurus punctatus; Selection; Selective breeding

Indexed keywords

HERITABILITY; POND; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WEIGHT;

CATFISH; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0345393078     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00216-3     Document Type: Article

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