Dynamics of relative growth rate in Japanese quail lines divergently selected for growth and their control

Growth, Development and Aging

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-54

  Aggrey, Samuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent selection; Growth models; Japanese quail; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALIA; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0642309808     PISSN: 10411232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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